Or if so you must a tiny BT. I have kept albigs for years, several in fact, every one of them would tear open any cages not practically bolted shut and eat any animal close to their size or smaller (except my cat, he scares them). In fact Sobeks birthday just recently past, she just turned 6 and SHE is 6 ft 8 inches long now. A free roaming monitor is nowhere near what it should be living in, simply put our houses are made to keep us warm, or cool and dry. Their environments should have hat, warm, cool, dry, damp, and wet spots. In the past (many years ago) I kept a few monitors in cages with little humidity or moisture available, they dont live very long, or after so many years they start to suffer from health problems that associate from the long term lack of a proper environment.
Its your choice to do as you please, but personally I would rather move forward in monitor care, and keep them healthy, not go way backwards to the way they were kept by so many in the past.
About dogs and monitors, I know that even with the size of Sobek, the speed of my flaviargus, neither one would be safe with either one of my dogs if they so chose to play rough or get defensive with the monitors, even just giving into instinct they would kill the lizards in a hurry.



Just think both are each 2.5 times the weight of Sobek, one is still only a puppy.
Any albig I have ever had, even small 2ft long hatchlings would have ripped most cages open and eaten any snake, turtle, close to their own size, or lizard they find.

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