Do you leave your dog outside at night?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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