At our house, we have 2 beagles. They live mainly outside but whenever they get the chance they come inside. We let them in 24/7 in the winter but during the summer they like it better outside. I take them hutnting sometimes, we don't actually shoot the animal, they just go look for it and I use my cap-gun to make a banging noise and they think I have shot it so they go back to the house to sit on the porch and wait. But they are definately NOT outdoor hunting dogs, they like it much better inside with us.