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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?

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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.

PeteFalk78

Vertigo100 wrote: »

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

Yuck!!!

Whilst I don't agree with the antics by some people in the Animals and Pets forum (swapping cooking recipes for dog food treats, treating their animals like little babies etc) I think the dog should have a shelter at least. Check it out further OP.

takamichinoku

DildoFaggins wrote: »

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.

Keeps them up too.

Far too many people get dogs without really thinking about the commitment involved to stop it being a huge pain in the arse. You've to be ready to learn how to read them, to train them, to walk them, give them attention, have their area very clearly outlined and plans to assure they keep within it, a willingness to issue some form of discipline and assurances that the rest of the people in the house won't **** up the whole training process by confusing the dog with contradictory standards.

We've a collie back home that was thrust upon us with basically no warning. I spent months trying to train him but sure everyone else was just giving him treats the whole time so he just thought I was a bastard. Wanted him neutered and my dad refused because it would ruin "his lovely manner". Got in a ton of **** for fencing off a big chunk of the garden so that he wouldn't be running up along about 250m of a wall after cars going nuts the whole time.
After I went to college no one stepped up and he's a huge liability now. I'd ****ing love a dog all of my own but the guy at home has to go, just a lawsuit waiting to happen, prick loves targeting small kids too and it's all our fault.

Edit: I love how boards's censorship thing really highlights how pathetically I depend on swearing to communicate

_Redzer_

wazky wrote: »

You wouldn't put your granny outside.

Oh yeah?

Watch me!

Drexel

No way. Dog is part of the family

Edited to say I've no problem with dogs sleeping outside if they have proper shelter / bedding but the dog needs to be trained and exercised properly or as the op knows, they will bark all night.

My dog sleeps in the bed with us. On the warm night she sleeps on her own bed on the floor. That's her choice though. She jumps down! I get jealous

McChubbin

Technically, the dog belongs to my mother and has actually been described by her and my stepfather as "their lovechild". :rolleyes:
She's a minature Jack Russell, spoilt rotten and getting increasingly grumpy in her dottage. (She's about 11 years old now)
She goes outside for a run in our tiny concrete square of a back garden and I take her for walks in the park most days, weather permitting.
The dog sleeps in with my parents but she's a little ****- if someone moves during the night, she growls and even snaps at an offending arm/leg.
Grumpy ****er but my mother loves the bones of her.

antodeco

My dogs a dope. Bought a house, slept outside it when it rained. Made a massive shelter with its food and water, sleeps outside it. Heavy rain, my dog is against the door rather than being in its warm sheltered house.

acon2119

my golden retriever sleeps in a dog kennel at night, she's usually fed and locked into a large pen with her wooden kennel in the pen at night, she doesn't seem to like being left outside to roam around at night.

cruais

Dogs are family members. Here is how spoilt I have my dog and I dont care what people think of it... she is my baby

She has her bed with her fleece blanket in the front room. She sleeps everynight at the bottom of our bed, only sleeping in her own bed when we are in work.

Our dinner time is her dinner time also. She wont eat dog food which I know is my own fault. Her dinner consists of chicken fillets with some rice and brocolli.

She really is a spoilt bitch!

Mince Pie

cruais wrote: »

Dogs are family members. Here is how spoilt I have my dog and I dont care what people think of it... she is my baby

She has her bed with her fleece blanket in the front room. She sleeps everynight at the bottom of our bed, only sleeping in her own bed when we are in work.

Our dinner time is her dinner time also. She wont eat dog food which I know is my own fault. Her dinner consists of chicken fillets with some rice and brocolli.

She really is a spoilt bitch!

Just letting you know that brocoli can actually be poisonous for dogs. I do t give mine onions, brocoli or chocolate.

we'llallhavetea

Mince Pie wrote: »

Just letting you know that brocoli can actually be poisonous for dogs. I do t give mine onions, brocoli or chocolate.

grapes too apparently! i am guilty of giving the chico chocolate.... sh!tloads at times tbh, little whoor loves it.