A few years back, in the busy, upscale neighborhood where I grew up, I saw a "breeding" beagle in penned up in a sort of a box in a backyard. The box was wooden on all sides and on the top, and it was barely big enough for this breeding bitch to stand up in, with a small screen on the 2 sides where the dog could get a small glimpse of the world it was missing out of. The beagle bitch would have a litter of puppies once a year or so, and all the time she was in that God aweful box. Walking by that box was hard because I could see her sweet face looking out of that tiny screen at me and I could barely make out the wag of a tail. Broke my heart. Then there was the smell...it was SO gross! The bottom of the pen appeared to have alot of screaning so the waste fell through, but it was never cleaned up. I called the MHS on the house twice, from different phone numbers and with a different name the 2nd time to make sure they got more then one complaint and one day that breeding bitch was not in her pen. Days, weeks, & months went by and I never again saw that poor beagle in that most terrible box that she was forced to live in. I assume the Michigan Humane Society assesed the living conditions and perhaps took the beagle away from her owners. I only hope she got a good home because even though she was miserable, lonely, dirty and sore, she still wagged her little tail when anyone walked by her box. She was a little sweety. I totally agree with the people who see no point in having a dog if it's only to be kept outside without any human interaction. I don't agree with it, and I don't like seeing or hearing about it.