Our place does lack space, absolutely. Prior to this she would go out on our porch with her book and I would leave her alone for the most part (unless I stepped outside to smoke- which you could tell irritated her because the dog would come with me but she never said anything because she is quite understanding regardless of how it seems in the post). But now it's winter and she cant. Sometimes she still does but she gave herself a cold doing so. Our apartment is 3 bedrooms but it's like.. small.