Well, everything I would say here has already been stated, so I'll just say that I'm SO happy to see most of my fellow-PTer's agreeing that a pet belongs in the house with its family, not in the yard. If you want something to live in your backyard, plant a tree.
Without a single doubt, I would absolutely deny an applicant one of my rescue dogs if they were going to keep it outside. I wouldn't go any further on the application - end of story.
And I also know, without a doubt, that if found out someone had violated my rescue contract, I WOULD take the dog back. I would, and I have. Breach of contract is illegal.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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