Originally posted by Scooby4
This is their natural habitat.
There hasn't been anything "natural" about dogs since man created dog breeds. These aren't wolves we're talking about. Humans took on the dog as their "pack" and by keeping a dog separated from it's pack by forcing it to live outside while the human lives inside is unnatural. Like bckrazy said, why get a dog if it's just going to be a backyard ornament that only gets attention when YOU want to give it to them.