How do you feel about outside only pets?

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I don't like it when dogs are being kept outside at all but when I was younger my family had to dog-sit a German Shepherd and he LOVED to be outside, we didn't like that he was living outside all the time but as soon as we brought him back in the house he would run to the door and bark, whine and scratch at the door because he wanted out again so finally we gave up and let him go outside. He always had plenty of water, toys and also a dog house incase he got too hot though, we also spent alot of time outside with him too so he wouldn't get lonely, he had very thick fur and was alwasy really hot in the house so I think that's why he liked to be outside. At night we brought him in the house. Generally I hate it when dogs are kept outside!

Oh and I just wanted to add that if this was my personal dog I wouldn't have wanted him to be outside all the tme but obviously he had lived outside for 7 years and living with us for a week I wasn't going to make him stay in the house.