your dogs-inside or outside?
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Inside. If I leave her outside for more than ten minutes it's like having to start the friendship all over again. She can definitely hold a grudge to, she wouldn't even let me pet her for a week after my wife and I came back from our honey moon.
I don't see anything wrong with a well maintained outdoors environment for a dog, if its a suitable outdoors breed and has proper shelter. My dog just happens to like a sofa to sit on instead of grass and leaves. JMO
I don't see anything wrong with a well maintained outdoors environment for a dog, if its a suitable outdoors breed and has proper shelter. My dog just happens to like a sofa to sit on instead of grass and leaves. JMO
well you sure can tell who is for what by the way they talk lol
heres the reason i did this
my neighbors have 2 dogs,pits or something
"hope they dont keep fish and say hey that sounds like my dogs setup"
back on track
they keep them in a chain link kennel thing,not sure on size,10x10 maybe
they have one of those little kids houses in with them with all the windows and door open
they bark and howl night and day,rain or shine,cold or hot
once one sounded so horse throated during a storm barking so much
they are never home or out there with them
me and the gal always tell our dog "your a lucky dawg"
look over there,that could be you
our dog hates wet grass let alone being stuck in a kids house with all the windows open while it down pours for hours
or stuck in a plastic house when its 40 outside
so ya,as you can see it bugs us and i wanted other opinions on this
we thought of calling someone but like someone said in this thread,if they are not "technically" getting neglected they are ok
40 to 10 tho shows most would be on our side but the 10 makes it ok to do this i guess lol
heres the reason i did this
my neighbors have 2 dogs,pits or something
"hope they dont keep fish and say hey that sounds like my dogs setup"
back on track
they keep them in a chain link kennel thing,not sure on size,10x10 maybe
they have one of those little kids houses in with them with all the windows and door open
they bark and howl night and day,rain or shine,cold or hot
once one sounded so horse throated during a storm barking so much
they are never home or out there with them
me and the gal always tell our dog "your a lucky dawg"
look over there,that could be you
our dog hates wet grass let alone being stuck in a kids house with all the windows open while it down pours for hours
or stuck in a plastic house when its 40 outside
so ya,as you can see it bugs us and i wanted other opinions on this
we thought of calling someone but like someone said in this thread,if they are not "technically" getting neglected they are ok
40 to 10 tho shows most would be on our side but the 10 makes it ok to do this i guess lol
Jolseen;2365539; said:
What type of dog is that in your avatar? It looks awesome!
cichlaguapote;2367075; said:
This is how Grimace is. He hates being outside when he doesn't have to be. This forces me to wrestle with him almost daily so he can get exercise.
I know many states don't have any laws addressing this, but in New York, if you leave a dog outside for longer than a certain period of time (maybe 8-12 hours or something) you have to have adequate shelter with a roof for them. I forget exactly what the requirements are, but I think it must be insulated in some way, so a kid's playhouse wouldn't cut it. In many states, legally there's nothing anyone could do.
I don't have a problem with dogs who are kept outside, able to roam a bit (not on a 10' chain ), get attention from their owners, and have ADEQUATE shelter from the elements. Of course, where I live now in the mountains of Vermont, I honestly think you'd have to build like a mini-scale fully insulated house to properly house a dog through winter - we get storms with 3+ feet of snow, the wind chill is -50F degrees, the ground is so cold that when I take my 75 pound Lab out at night she keeps switching paws (only standing on 3 at a time) and whining. During conditions like those, I believe it is cruel to keep a dog outside. I also think it is cruel to keep a dog on a 10' chain and never pay attention to it for its entire life, even if weather isn't an issue, dogs are social animals and need interaction, whether with humans or other dogs. Plus I don't understand why anyone would get a dog just so it could sit outside by itself and whine/bark all day and night.
In case you can't tell, my dog is a very spoiled inside dog who lays on the couch and sleeps in the bed with us. lol
I don't have a problem with dogs who are kept outside, able to roam a bit (not on a 10' chain ), get attention from their owners, and have ADEQUATE shelter from the elements. Of course, where I live now in the mountains of Vermont, I honestly think you'd have to build like a mini-scale fully insulated house to properly house a dog through winter - we get storms with 3+ feet of snow, the wind chill is -50F degrees, the ground is so cold that when I take my 75 pound Lab out at night she keeps switching paws (only standing on 3 at a time) and whining. During conditions like those, I believe it is cruel to keep a dog outside. I also think it is cruel to keep a dog on a 10' chain and never pay attention to it for its entire life, even if weather isn't an issue, dogs are social animals and need interaction, whether with humans or other dogs. Plus I don't understand why anyone would get a dog just so it could sit outside by itself and whine/bark all day and night.
In case you can't tell, my dog is a very spoiled inside dog who lays on the couch and sleeps in the bed with us. lol
I rescued this poor boy from owners wh o had him on a short chain with no house. He literally HAD to lay in his own crap every night.
