Are your dogs allowed indoors?

**sirrahved** · 11-26-2007, 11:20 AM

Our girls are inside. They hate being out alone. Angel will crawl under the gate and come to our back door if she's left alone outside.

**Taz_Zoee** · 11-26-2007, 01:09 PM

Zoee is indoor only. I wouldn't have it any other way. DJ was mainly outdoor with access to the garage all the time. Since he passed away from an abcess on his lung, Bruce swears it was from living in the garage. So Zoee is indoor only. Which is fine with me since that was how it would have been anyway. I'll let him think it was HIS choice. LOL

**Flatcoatluver** · 11-26-2007, 01:20 PM

Yes all three of my dogs are inside. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if they were outside away from me.

**Danegirl2208** · 11-26-2007, 04:47 PM

My three are inside.

although i'm sure they would rather be outside on a nice night then cooped up in their crates.

**kallisto4529** · 11-26-2007, 11:01 PM

Reilly is an inside only boy!!!

**shais_mom** · 11-26-2007, 11:16 PM

Keegan is inside only and doesn't even like to be outside without someone with her.

**xVelvet_FuzzButtx** · 12-05-2007, 10:32 PM

I have 4, and all sleep indoors.

The Shih tzu is always indoors unless he's going for a walk or in the back playing/peeing. The other three spend alot of time in our large yard and hate to be indoors the entire day(rainy days). they also learned to whine when put outside to pee.

**IRescue452** · 12-15-2007, 07:34 PM

Mine are indoors, though I wouldn't dismiss the idea of an outside dog if it were a working dog and it had access to an area out of the elements. I don't know how you do it with all those young puppies, especially with most of them being large lab mixes. If I were going to adopt a dozen dogs, I'd probably choose older dogs who have less of a chance and don't need as much attention. 12 adults is easier than 12 puppies. I take it they aren't really housetrained then? So they really aren't very adoptable if you for some reason need to rehouse them. I hope for your sake they never get in a fight when left together in this barn, or are these kennels closed at night? Are the pugs able to hold their own with these big dogs around?

**cloverfdx** · 12-16-2007, 08:14 AM

Mine sleep in the back sun room (well Harri sleeps with me

). But at this time of year they are out in their dog run during the day, in Winter they spend most of their time up inside.

**Hellow** · 12-26-2007, 08:58 AM

I have heard that no dogs should be outside during some of the summers or winters we have here, so Reggie stays inside with us 24/7.

**lute** · 12-30-2007, 09:31 AM

My three are indoors only. They go out to potty and run around, but they are indoors. I couldn't keep my dogs outside. Too much of a chance for something to happen to them.

I don't see how you handle 12 dogs like that. I'm sure you have a system worked out, but when they aren't in the barn and out in their doghouses are they on chains?? Chains are no life fora dog!

**cyber-sibes** · 12-30-2007, 10:32 PM

Mine are indoor/outdoor. They can spend their days inside with me in my workspace unless they want to stay outside - which they often do. As Star gets older, she spends more time indoors overall. I often let them stay indoors to sleep, too, but they seem to prefer to go out in any weather except rain. I think they get too warm inside. They like to sleep outdoors on the lawn furniture, and both have cozy igloos inside the garage they can get to thru a dog door.

**Suki Wingy** · 12-31-2007, 01:14 AM

Niño is an inside dog but he loves the yard and is allowed out or in whenever he wants. Summers he usually insists on staying outside several hours a day though.

**WELOVESPUPPIES** · 12-31-2007, 07:16 AM

Our dogs are all inside dogs. Duke and Champ have a doggie door with free access to our fenced in back yard at all times so they come in and out as they please. They love to lie outside in the sun on nice days. Chopper only goes out if someone is with him because he is so small.