Tell ya what Pit Chick; living with them out in the building wouldn't be bad at all if you want to get smart here; there is electric in the building, space heater to hook up if it's cold and a fan to turn on if it gets warm, a concrete floor, three extra large dogs beds (guess i'll need to get another one ), clean blankets, running water, and plenty of room to jump and play; all i will need to do is get some cable hooked up out there so we can watch Animal Planet together. Doesn't sound to bad to me.
When i hit the lottery i'll hire that dog sitter and those professsional cleaners that can clean my house all day and keep the dog hair up since our doctors told us not to have any animals with hair in the house to try and keep "our air" as clean as possible in the house without pet hair, pet dander, pollen, etc. A doggy door is not an option either, my dogs are big time hunters and personally i don't want "their prizes" strung all around in my house like they are in my yard, it's not a real pretty site and it's nasty enough having to pick "the prizes" out of the yard with a shovel and throw them in the dumpster.
How do you know your dogs are happy? Maybe they sit around and complain to one another about being stuck inside all day....You don't know my dogs; i've raised them from pups and they love it outside. How do I know this you ask? Because they have the option to leave and never come back every single day and you know what....they don't; they have never wondered to far from home. They are always there when I get home from work each and every day. They greet me at my car and we "hang out" inside or out until it's time for supper; they eat after we do just in case there are some yummy leftovers to top off their food. I believe if they weren't happy they would have found somewhere better to be by now. I agree with Scooby, inside or out, as long as they are shown plenty of love and affection and they get plenty of food in their tummies i think life is pretty good for them. Heck, my dogs have it better than a lot of people.

Wolflady - Thank you so much for your vet website; there is some great info on there. I really appreciate it!