Who cares what these people think. Lots of people walk around outside in a bathroom and pajamas it's not a big deal. Always check your gate when someone's been in your backyard. We always check our fence gates before we let the dogs out if we knew someone had been here cuz I don't trust anyone to shut them and I really don't want to lose my dog is we're in a very wooded area with coyotes, bobcats, Bears so I'd rather my dog's not become somebody's dinner. Actually we have a padlock on both of them and we only unlocked the gates when we know someone's going to be here but we always repadlock and check them before we let the dogs out again.