My big dogs once were house dogs, but like I said, my son is allergic to animals. Do you think it would be better to rehome them? We're an active family outside most of the day everyday, so I don't think there is anything wrong with it. We take our dogs everywhere we go.
Well, that's hard for anyone but you to determine. If you truly do spend a lot of time outside with your pets everyday, and you live in a mild climate, and your dogs are types that aren't easy to rehome (i.e., large black lab mixes) ... then perhaps they are indeed better off with you. However, if you could find a home for your dogs where they would be in the house with a loving family all day and all night, then perhaps they are better off being rehomed. Only you can say ... and you can only determine this if you look at what is in the best interest of your dogs themselves, and try not to let your emotions cloud your judgement. I am a little confused, though ... your son is allergic to dogs .... yet he spends time with them outside, and you take your dogs everywhere you go? This doesn't bother your son's allergies?




It's an individual basis .... Everyone is entitled to make the choices that they think is right and suits their circumstances for their pets.
Not necessarily. If my neighbor choose to let his cats roam free, and his cats come onto my property and cause problems for me ... then my neighbor is NOT entitled to make that choice, and it ceases to be on an individual basis. If his cats stay 100% on his property ... fine. But cats rarely do that. I choose not to own a cat, because I am allergic to them, and because I have dogs that think cats are snacks with fur. It is rude ... not to mention illegal here ... for my neighbors to let their cats wander onto my property, shedding on my lawn furniture, making me sneeze, pooping in my flower beds (what if I were pregnant?), using my trees as scratching posts and my cars as sidewalks. Not to mention how very, very unpleasant it is for me when I have to go rake up the pieces (literally) of a cat that was stupid enough to jump into my dog's yard. If I wanted to put up with all this, I'd get a cat of my own. I shouldn't have to put up with it from my neighbor's cats. My neighbors aren't exposed to my dogs.