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Originally posted by Kelly McMackin
their are all members of our family as far as I'm concerned but you tell me...would you rather live in a house and be stuck in there all day by yourself while your owners were at work or would you like to be outside with a big house that you can go in and out of when you want and you've got about 350 acres all around you have free rein to roam around because your aunts, uncles and grandparents own the entire road? Bringing them in on a permanent basis is not an option, it simply would not work with two adults that work full time an hour away from home. Also, the fact that my step son and I both have allergies would not work with a house full of dog hair and not to mention the pollen, etc. that they would bring inside.
How many other members of your family live outside 24/7, 365? My dogs have no complaints about being inside all day while I'm at work because my scent is still there reminding them of me and they have each other to keep them company. They sleep or watch tv and when I come home they get time to romp and play outside and when they are ready to come back in they stand at the door either barking or banging to come back in. If I wasn't afraid of my dogs being stolen while I was gone, I would put in a doggy door so they could come and go as the please. All of the dogs in my house were rescues that more than likely spent their entire lives outside 24/7 and now that they've had a taste of the inside life, they have no desire to go back to being a "yard ornament". Horses and cattle need acres, not dogs. So are you allergic to dogs or pollen? If it's just pollen then maybe you shouldn't ever go outside because you might inhale a little while you're out there, far more than your dogs could carry in on their coats, which wouldn't be a problem if they were washed and brushed regularly and aren't out there 24/7. :rolleyes: If you don't think living outside 24/7 is so bad, why don't you?