I would never make a dog stay outside all the time!

My Sheltie loves to be outdoors - no matter how cold it is outside. It's hard to make him come in sometimes, even when it's cold and wet out - but he can get under a portion of the where it's very warm and dry. So I let him out for at least two hours a day, even in the winter.

I'll be getting a German Shepherd, and he/she won't have access to the area under the house. If this dog likes to be outdoors as much as Jake does, then I want to have somewhere warm and dry where he/she can go also. That way if I don't notice right away that the dog's getting cold it will still be OK.

I don't see the point in having dogs if they're kept outside all the time. I would never make my best friend stay out of the house!