I will have an indoor dog when I get older. And a cat too I think. I just wanted one during my childhood, you know, to be there when nobody else was.
I don't understand though. It doesn't seem fair. My friend Katherine has 4 dogs now, sure she lives on the farm, but they are no problem for them. I sort of feel sorry for the dogs, especially Valentine, a yellow lab, because he doesn't get much attention. I always pet him when I come over. But he doesn't get much attention, so why doesn't he bark? I suppose there could be a variety of reasons but it just doesn't seem fair.
My other friend Justine has a puppy named Pepsi. I don't think she has ever been inside the house, and (its on a farm, yes) she hasn't ever run away. She never barks, she just sits by the door waiting for someone to come out. (Well, actually,sometimes she barks up the drain pipe, hears her echo, barks again, hears her echo etc.)And they are gone a LOT of time during the day, and she is just fine. And I am giving my dog much more attention than those dogs get, and he still whines.
I know, I know, he should be inside. But I cant help that