Quote Originally Posted by Rachel View Post
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Dogs are such pack animals, they crave being with their people. Plus if he were ever needed to wake you during an emergency or protect you from an intruder, he wouldn't be able to accomplish any of that in the basement. What are your concerns? There are lots of people here who might have suggestions to alleviate what you foresee as a problem.
Rachel,
#1. The "concern" is SIZE.
We live in a small 1 1/2 story house.
The largest kennel made for his full grown size will NOT fit in my small livingroom along with the furniture. I cant have a couch in the room because it's so small. 3 chairs (reliciner types are in the room).

#2 Coco is going to be 50 lbs at least and will be size of a regular full grown lab IF the beagle size doesnt take over. Also, we dont have to worry about "intruders" we dont live in the city nor suburbs but a rural county setting.

#3 My 4 cats will ALERT us to problems.

#4 Basement Issue: He will be kept in his kennel at night (for sleeping).
He will be kept in his kennel when we arent home during day or evening.
This we are doing for his own safety and preservation of our furniture and belongings. Without supervision there will be disasters.

Otherwise he will be allowed upstairs when we are home.
I'm guessing from your "concerns" you were NOT aware he was going to be a BIG dog and not a small one the size of a scottie terrier for example or weiner dog.


UPDATE:
He slept 6 hrs straight last night before waking up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My kitties got me up in middle of the night... LOL
I'm happy to have had more sleep.
He loves the Christian Music station we play at night.