HEY! "OUTSIDE" a Loving Home is NOT such a bad "deal"!

We "Adopted" Arrow an handsome ~9 mo Shepherd/Husky? Mix from the County Pound to be "just a watch-dog" after the new house got broken into.

Fancee *Insulated* Dawg Howze (with overhanging roof / observation post / patio roof, raised floor, heavy Rug Front Door, attached water buckit, and a Variety of floor coverings & bedding). *NICE* Place! And with a *View* - he lived beside the driveway with a good view of the road and close enough to the BigHouse that he NEVER was "forgotten"...

You had about 4.5 minutes from arriving Home to let him *OFF* his chain... At 5 minutes he started to *YAP*; at 5.5 minutes he was in *Full BARK Mode*! NEVER left the yard or pastures (well, almost never... had a *thing* for Kids... if he wasn't Home - he was 4 doors down the street playing with the pre-teen Kids )

Oh - I should add - he started out as an OUTside ONLY Dawg -
"just a *watch dawg*"...

Yeah, right...
He had his choice at night and weekends -
in OR out -
too HOT in the house - and he'd *ask* to sleep out (chained for his safety).

Off to work or shopping?
Happie as a Klam he'd jump onto his Observation Post /roof, accept the chain, give a *Kiss*, and go ON Duty...
NObody even slowed down in front of the house without him going into **FULL ALERT** with a serious *BARK* that lasted till the *intruder* was sent on his way!

I could tell a thousand ARROW, the Guard Dawg Tails... ...
Rest In Peace, lil Buddie - You're gone but NEVER to be forgotten!

The POINT ??

MANY Dogs can and DO live VERY Happie Lives
as outside only or "limited" inside dogs...

If New Pup minds his *Pees* an *phoos* -
and gets some basic Obedience Training - Hubby just might
*warm up* to him and invite him in...

And life In the Garden doesn't sound so bad to me!

/s/ Phred