Do you leave your dog outside at night?

LostBoy101

So my neighbour leaves her dog outside at night around 7-8 pm and the dog is constantly barking begging to let back inside. There is no dog house which is really strange and this is all the wife's doing. The husband loves the dog but is tied with work.

Would you do this to your dog by leaving him outside in the cold at night?

Hotfail.com

Nope, she's a complete baby though.

Mince Pie

No, not a chance. My dogs are my family and sleep inside. If there is no shelter, report her! Basic requirements are that you have to leave food, water and shelter for dogs. If they want a garden ornament they should get a gnome!

takamichinoku

Most dog's are fine once they've a little bit of shelter without a draft, are you sure they're out exposed to the elements and all?

Shouldn't get a dog unless you've a good plan for how to deal with it. Very easy to love a dog if you're at work the whole time and leave someone else to do all the work.

LostBoy101

Mince Pie wrote: »

No, not a chance. My dogs are my family and sleep inside. If there is no shelter, report her! Basic requirements are that you have to leave food, water and shelter for dogs. If they want a garden ornament they should get a gnome!

Personally I don't wish to get involved but I haven't looked outside to see if there is any food or water so I check next time.

Shakespeare's Sister

If this invites commentary from the "You wouldn't put your child outside" brigade, I'm putting on popcorn. :pac:

(Btw I don't think people should put their dog out without a decent, dry, warm shelter for them).

Vertigo100

Outside? My dog was trying to edge me out of my bed last night!

mad muffin

My dog is part of the family. He sleeps in a nice warm bed every night. I feel sorry for your neighbours dog. At least if it had some shelter.

wazky

You wouldn't put your granny outside.

Sir Arthur Daley

A dogs place is outside providing the dog has a dog house.

LostBoy101

mad muffin wrote: »

My dog is part of the family. He sleeps in a nice warm bed every night. I feel sorry for your neighbours dog. At least if it had some shelter.

If I had a dog I would provide a nice warm bed also. However due to my committments to college I can't commit fully so I would be wasting my time. Some day maybe.

mikemac1

Of course

If you a working dog like a collie they want outside anyway

njs030

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

A dogs place is outside providing the dog has a dog house.

In your opinion.
Most animal rescues won't re-home a dog unless it lives inside, some breeds would get too cold outside for it to be safe (staffies, greyhounds being good examples) some working dogs do prefer to live outside though. Of course they need shelter first!

Op it's not getting involved to make a quick call and report your neighbour, don't even leave your name. They might even start bringing the dog in and you won't have to listen to the barking!

c_man

wazky wrote: »

You wouldn't put your granny outside.

We did, we needed the bed for the dog.

Snake

Yes.. They sleep outside in their dog house
house.. They are outside all the time.. They're house is in the green house so they've shelter whatever the weather, then into the dog house for bed time

dmc17

mikemac1 wrote: »

Of course

If you a working dog like a collie they want outside anyway

One of ours is a collie and she loves sleeping outside. She can go in if she wants but doesn't usually during the summer. Sleeps in the lawn by the hedge instead.

wazky

c_man wrote: »

We did, we needed the bed for the dog.

If you can't care for your granny you shouldn't have one.

They are not just for Christmas

Penny Tration

Nope. She's a rescue dog, so no way would I leave a previously abandoned animal outside alone at night. She has a bed in the sitting room, but usually sleeps on the sofa.

shockwave

Mine sleeps in the garage, he had a dump on the kitchen floor once and got banished.

Sir Arthur Daley

notjustsweet wrote: »

In your opinion.
Most animal rescues won't re-home a dog unless it lives inside, some breeds would get too cold outside for it to be safe (staffies, greyhounds being good examples) some working dogs do prefer to live outside though. Of course they need shelter first!

I know several people who have greyhounds who live in unheated sheltered housings, should i tell them to move them indoors and light the fire?

brian888

My Cavvie (King Charles) sleeps inside. He is much happier and obv warmer inside and wont make a peep of a sound throughout the night. We all sleep better that way!

That being said my neighbours keep their dogs out back where they bark continously in the night time.

Some people just shouldn't have dogs. You need a license for a kid...no, wait...you need a license for a dog but you still can't leave your kid outside.

That dog is being abused with neglect. It's a living creature that needs shelter, food, water and care. Report them.

catonthewire

No..

Our dog is part of the family, she sleeps at night in a basket in the corner of the kitchen..
A neighbours dog, sleeps outside, doubt if it ever sleeps grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

holystungun9

We take turns in the dog house

Hotfail.com

brian888 wrote: »

My Cavvie (King Charles) sleeps inside. He is much happier and obv warmer inside and wont make a peep of a sound throughout the night. We all sleep better that way!

That being said my neighbours keep their dogs out back where they bark continously in the night time.

He'd get robbed if you left him outside.

brian888

Hotfail.com wrote: »

He'd get robbed if you left him outside.

Wouldnt be surprised.........*sigh*

meoklmrk91

My dog has never spent a night outside as long as he has been with me and never will. He is a family member to me, it's just the two of us so we are very close and I love having him around, he is great company. Besides this is a dog that shivers when he wakes up on cold frosty mornings, he loves his comfort and is a total fire hog.

I think they get a better nights sleep indoors, they aren't been disturbed by every little noise and they aren't annoying the neighbours with barking.

liamog

shockwave wrote: »

Mine sleeps in the garage, she had a dump on the kitchen floor once and got banished.

I can't believe you did that to your granny!

shruikan2553

Tried but she has a key and just gets pissed off and threatens to break up with me.

The Backwards Man

A house is no place for a dog. Modern, double glazed, insulated houses are a far cry from thatched stonewalled houses with no central heating. My dog has a decent, dry, warm, airy, sheltered house of her own outside, wouldn't dream of keeping her inside the house, I'd consider that cruelty tbh.

Sephiroth_dude

We walk him and bring him in at about 9 ish each night and let him out the back then at about 7 every morning .

brian888

The Backwards Man wrote: »

A house is no place for a dog. Modern, double glazed, insulated houses are a far cry from thatched stonewalled houses with no central heating. My dog has a decent, dry, warm, airy, sheltered house of her own outside, wouldn't dream of keeping her inside the house, I'd consider that cruelty tbh.

How do you consider it cruel for your dog to stay inside when you stay inside?

Hotfail.com

The Backwards Man wrote: »

A house is no place for a dog. Modern, double glazed, insulated houses are a far cry from thatched stonewalled houses with no central heating. My dog has a decent, dry, warm, airy, sheltered house of her own outside, wouldn't dream of keeping her inside the house, I'd consider that cruelty tbh.

Depends on the dog, ours was always kept inside and we live in a housing estate with a small back garden so it's not exactly practica to keep her outside, and she's just a pet and nothing else. She's a spoiled little bitch but I love her

Don't think either way is cruelty tbh as long as they're happy and have everything they need around them. I wouldn't keep a dog that's used to being outside inside at night, and vice versa.

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

A house is no place for a dog. Modern, double glazed, insulated houses are a far cry from thatched stonewalled houses with no central heating. My dog has a decent, dry, warm, airy, sheltered house of her own outside, wouldn't dream of keeping her inside the house, I'd consider that cruelty tbh.

With all your turf wouldn't you install a stove in the dog house and a few rads or under floor heating :pac:

The Backwards Man

brian888 wrote: »

How do you consider it cruel for your dog to stay inside when you stay inside?

I don't have a hairy coat, padded feet or a robust immune system.

Shakespeare's Sister

I don't have a dog, but if I did, it wouldn't be one of them yappy little things that need to be kept inside all the time. It would be a bigger dog, and would have a mixture of indoors and outdoors life, with a really decent dog-house.

El Guapo!

My missus has the dog like a baby. He'd never sleep outside. He's a bichon so I don't think they'd do well out in the elements anyway. He sleeps downstairs every night until about 6am when he lets one big bark and herself lets him upstairs to sleep on the bed.
If you've a big dog then I've no problem with them being left outside as long as they have decent shelter. And obviously bring them in on particularly cold or stormy nights.

Shakespeare's Sister

El Guapo! wrote: »

My missus has the dog like a baby. He'd never sleep outside. He's a bichon so I don't think they'd do well out in the elements anyway. He sleeps downstairs every night until about 6am when he lets one big bark and herself lets him upstairs to sleep on the bed.

Oh hi... brother.

Chucken

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I don't have a hairy coat, padded feet or a robust immune system.

You don't? :eek:

I find it difficult to get my doggies out during the day let alone trying to make them sleep outside at night.

beyondbelief67

Inside, even if they are outside for a few minutes in the rain they shiver and look badly done too !!!

Fat Christy

My uncle absolutely loves animals. He has 3 border collies. At one stage, he only had the one dog and the dog used to stay inside. His partner wasn't too fond of having them in the house, so she said that when the new dogs arrive, there was no way they were staying inside at night.

In response to this my uncle built a mini house out the back (no fcuking joke), it's insulated with two double glazed windows. He said he built it as a garage but the doggies have made it their home. :pac:

His first collie is his most beloved. Said doggie went missing one night, could not be found anywhere. My uncle went looking for him that night and took the following day off to look for him. He finally found him injured and trapped in a ditch.

And then there was the time I went home for Christmas, walked in the door and was greeted by a tiny calf curled up beside the range. The calf was very sick and there was a 50/50 chance whether it would pull through it or not, but it did.

Apparently my uncle was a divil as a child, he was forever bringing home 'sick/stray' animals. :pac:

Anyway long story short: I don't think a dog should be left outside exposed to the elements without any shelter. He should have somewhere warm and comfy to go.

Dirty Dingus McGee

One of dogs stays inside the other is outdoors.

The one who sleeps outdoors has a dog house to go into but doesn't use it

Raging_Ninja

My dog has a bed in the garage. Stays out during the day, let inside in the evening, goes to bed at night.

Lucyfur

My doggy would be most upset if he was made to sleep outside! He has a memory foam bed on the floor of my room, which he sleeps beside, as he doesn't really like sleeping on it.

DildoFaggins

Hate people who leave their dogs outside,they usually haven't a clue how to properly train them so they shove em outside resulting in the dog barking all night keeping the neighbours up.

we'llallhavetea

Chico sleeps inside on the couches or in our bed! We thought he was in the kitchen yesterday, he wasn't, poor bastard was out the back soaked to the bone
On sunny days he likes to be outside prancing around barking at the sound of letterboxes so I leave him at it!

daRobot

Never. Our Dobergirl sleeps in her bed, right beside our bed, and there she stays.

Sir Arthur Daley

Alot of the reason dogs barking in housing estates pissing off their neighbours is from boredom, your average 20 square meter garden is not sufficient for a dog. Dogs need freedom to run around.

Ihatecuddles

Our pug sleeps in his bed in the kitchen.

Takes everything I have to not bring him into the bed with us, but my husband is a very light sleeper and the dog is always tossing and turning.

daRobot

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Alot of the reason dogs barking in housing estates pissing off their neighbours is from boredom, your average 20 square meter garden is not sufficient for a dog. Dogs need freedom to run around.

The average garden is fine for a dog, but they certainly need to be walked properly, specifically off leash running, which is unfortunately restricted to very few places.

Frigga_92

I despise people who leave barking dogs outside all the time. Our neighbour has 2 dogs that are always barking (they're barking right now) because they are caged up outside, never walked and no interaction with people.

My great dane was a house dog.
Our 2 german shepherds are house dogs and our 2 miniature dachshunds are house dogs. The GSDs have a kuranda bed and blankets and the dachshunds have a big memory foam bed. They all get walked twice a day and 1 hour of dedicated playtime every evening.