Im in the military and will have deployments likely every other month. Id prefer to set an amount for the month vice hourly. I have three small dogs. Momma and her two pups. Were still in training stage with the pups but they are mostly behaved. If you go sit out back with them, you need to stay out there with them as they are small and could get snatched by a hawk. We can discuss more once the time rolls around to me going on deployment.