Who keeps their dogs inside and who keeps their dogs outside and why ??
Gus the spoilt one is allowed inside at all times - is allowed on the sofa , is allowed upstairs and on the bed  but
where do yours sleep and why ??
lel

i keep mine inside, he has the full run of the house when i'm home, when i go out he goes in his crate and at night he sleeps in his crate downstairs.....this is for his safety and my peace of mind, his name is jack and he is a 15week old boxer and i love him dearly :D

I suppose the reason I ask is that we were at Handling class tonight and someone mentioned that their collie was allowed inside during the day although it slept in the Garage at night - (and I just wondered why ?) :rolleyes:
I know Gus is spoilt but he is a brilliant dog , doesnt chew the house up and is a complete joy to be with ...

i can't understand either why people who have pet dogs let them sleep outside, especially if they only have one obviously some people have a number of dogs so can understand this, across the road from where i live there is a border collie which lives outside on a chain, i have never seen it loose and it doesn't matter what time i look it is always out there :(
it has a tiny kennel which it has to bend to get into...why bother having it? saddens me

Dogs are very social animals and enjoy human company so why leave it outside on its own all day and night :(
I think kennels are very different from being on a stake though - the poor dog cant even move much
Gus is soooo much part of the family - I   couldnt leave him outside :(

My 12 all live indoors.  3 are on the bed no doubt as hubby has gone up and the others are in bed in the kitchen and conservatory.  The lounge in the evening is wall to wall dog and hubby and I have a 4 seater settee each which we share with whoever gets there first.

Sally

:D
12 Blimey :D :D

wow sally 12 dogs in the house? what breeds are they? :)

9 Border Collies, a Beardie X, a Lurcher and an Afghan. 

The house Dr would have a heart attack!

My 2 are house dogs but they don't get the settee or upstairs... mostly because Sam is a real mud puppy who can't stay clean then jumps all over the settee :rolleyes: She's never tried to go up stairs and Dizzy can't do stairs yet as we're being careful about her joints :)

My exhusband insisted Sam stay outside when she was young (only at night) because she never seemed to housetrain but (low and behold) once I got his bullying bum out of the house she came in and has never had an accident :D

Cast that image from your mind.  I'll admit that the kitchen floor is filthy at the moment but I am fairly houseproud.  Only clean dogs are allowed in the lounge and bedroom and the sofas have throws that can be whipped off if the vicar comes to tea.  I don't know how to do smilies so just imagine some please.
Sally

I have two dogs a 13 yr old lhasa who has always slept in kitchen, and a 14 wk old cocker puppy he's been crate trained so he's in dining room in crate and nells has moved her bed next to him now all  of her own accord.  I cannot imagine ever keeping a dog outside especially on a permanent basis, my friend has two GSD's and they live indoors unless they go out shopping or when she used to go to work as they were partial to leather and ate the settee!  They have a lovely run and shelter in a 6x4 shed so they are more than happy.

My five all sleep in a double kennel and runfacing the kitchen window.  they spend all day and when I am out, inside, (though go upstairs only for baths).  I have enough dog hair for the dyson to cope with just sownstairs, though ti still gets upstairs on shoes!

When I was going to breed my first litter I bought a single kennel for the pups to have shelter once they were to big and active to stay in the kitchen all the time.  Mum decided once they had left (my backdoor is almost permanently open) that she liked to sleep in the kennel, so both she and the pup slept there from then on.

Once I was up to 3 dogs I had a large double kennel b7uilt (10feet x 5 feet) with a door conecting the two, so that it can be opened up or sepoerated.

Now there are two baskets in one and 3 in the other as well as full length benches across the back walls 2 feet tall.  Dogs have a choice of the baskets or stretching out on the vet bed covered benches.

I usually find that they start taking themsleves off to bed from about 11pm, or as soon as I say bed, they all follow each other out, and I close the pop holes once they are all setled in their chosen places.

Mine all live inside. They're not allowed upstairs, and only the girls are allowed on the chairs (which are covered in throws etc). We never wanted any of our dogs on the furniture, but girls are more persistent than boys!

The girls sleep in the kitchen and the boys sleep in the utility room - at the moment they are all crammed into a single bed under the table, drying off after their walk. When they're dry, they can go through into the rest of the house.
:)

Inside. They are not allowed upstairs. Willis is currently lying in the bed, snoring. Apparently Willis is exempt from the "No dogs upstairs" rule.

Phoebe is chasing a piece of toast around the kitchen floor, licking off the Philadelphia :rolleyes: I'm following her with the mop.

Both are allowed on the sofa - but only when the throws are on and we are there, because they have a scrap if left unsupervised and tip the sofa's over

Inside, they live and sleep in the conservatory and are invited in the lounge most evenings if they behave themselves.

Not allowed on the furniture though. Dexter hogs the mongolian sheepskin rug and instists the fire is turned on for his comfort then he is practically up the chimney. 

Don't have an upstairs issue as we live in a bungalow. Dexter will sneak into the bedroom and steal my fluffy polar bear though. :D

Sandra

My four Danes and the Akita all live outside in kennels with huge runs off, but they all come up to the house every evening, and are in the lounge with us until bed time. We have two little dogs that are house dogs and as it sounds they are inside all the time :) Having said that one of the Danes that has had an operation recently is living in the house at the moment as she has to be kept restricted.
I find that the Akita especially loves to be outside, and even the Danes seem to enjoy it, and have lovely coats to boot. All the kennels are heated so i have no worries there.

Grace :D

Thats not an akita - its a grizzly bear! Hairy-Head Neo LOL

LOL and first para. Chloe :)

My two are allowed anywhere they want. Molly sleeps on our bed, Barney sleeps in our bedroom in his dog bed although he wakes Cliff up in the middle of the night to get on our bed too as he cant get up himself. I never hear him asking though :p :p

Gina

2 staffies inside and the two bordeaux out side in a brick kennel fully tiled walls and floor and heating with an 11' x7' run. Ella the female bordeaux can be a house dog and Claude does come in when we are with him, but would not leave him in alone - You seen Turner and Hooch???? :D

my baby is inside and sleeps in our bedroom, he is not supposed it go on the sofa but when Toby and i are on our own he creeps up on the sofa and gives me such a pleading grin that i tend to turn a blind eye :o ;) naughty of me i know but he looks so cosy,
Heidi

Kennel at night and when I am out for my two.  They were born 'outside' and are fully fledged working dogs so have never known any different.  They are free to be in the house with us the rest of the time, although often choose the garden as they find the house too hot.  They get plenty of love, affection, attention and walks, they just love their own 'house' too.

Jacky

mine live indoors.not allowed upstairs but ellie can open the safety gate so that rule doesnt really work. they have there own room and go to bed around 10.30 every night. they know its bedtime when the light in their room goes off.

Mine sleeps out side, he has a flap going into the garage with his bed and toys and the run of the garden when we are out or at night.
He is in the house with us when we are in but preferes being outside as he too gets too hot inside.

Mine lives in......although in the spring/summer I think she would happily stay in the shed/workshop outside all the while :)

Sal sleeps in the kitchen. She's not allowed upstairs, although that rule is understood more by the humans than the dog...she thinks upstairs -beds-comfort. She spends winter day asleep on the sofa watching the telly.

Karen

Glazby has a huge beanbag that was made especially for him by my boyfriend's mum who used the same pattern she had used for their old great dane!!  This stays downstairs for him during the day and in the evening and then at night its moved upstairs into our bedroom.

He is given the run of the house all day while we are out (bedroom doors shut though) however we often find him sprawled out on the sofa when we get in!!

mine stays inside, hogs the fire,has 3 blankets and 4 teddies in his bed and has run of the house except bedrooms and bathroom, although when we go out he is not allowed in the lounge as he jumps on the sofas.

Mine stay in the house.  In the day my Border Terrier prefers to be on the sheepskin next to the radiator, my GSD takes the bed in the
kitchen and my heinz 57 prefers the couch in the living room.  At night they all sleep in my room - have had lino put down instead of
carpet to keep clean.

Mine live in the kitchen. They are allowed in the hall/lounge they are clean/dry in the afternoon/evening if we are around. Bramble is allowed upstairs in the morning for a cuddle with lord and master. Neither are allowed on the furniture apart from this :)

Daisy

I suppose its all down to the type of dog, how he behaves and the furniture etc involved whether they stay in doesnt it.
Luckily Gus isnt a big breed, doesnt leave big hairy castoffs aound ( as in moulting) and the sofas are leather so easy to wipe down and the floor is wooden so no dirty carpets
Must admit with my last staffy, muddy pawprints in the carpet used to drive me bonkers but then again he was still twice as clean as the .......KIDS :rolleyes:

My lot have the Conservatory and an outside run during the day and then they are allowed into the kitchen and lounge but have to be dry and clean ( well as clean as Labradors can be :D)

They are not allowed upstairs at the moment because of Indigo as she spends a lot of time in the mornings on our bed but know doubt when she is a bit older they will begin sneaking up there again ! :)

My dogs are all kept inside and older ones sleep in the hall/landing and the two younger ones are in a large cage in the utility room.

My grandparents have a mixture of where the dogs are, one day kennel, one 24 kennel (for the young aussie boy who doesn't like the warmth of the house) and they let the golden oldies stay indoors all the time!

Rox

my two GSD's live/sleep in the the house have the run of the house but no longer upstairs as it is too hot.
Pup comes on the bed (matress got to buy a futon sofa bed)at night with us (we sleep down stairs, gave up bedroom for one of my daughters) little bugger hogs all the duvet and older one has the chairs with throws on.

Cordelia

Mine is inside, with access to anything/everything although i didn't intend it to be that way. As a pup she was so cute and small and the 4 of us could cuddle up nicely on the settee then she grew up ;) and only my 4yr olds bum can squeeze next to our girl on the settee now!
(With throws of course).

My 3 Staffies all live indoors, but must admit they are not allowed on the furniture, or upstairs (only for a bath). The 2 youngest Toesy and Rio are caged on a night or when no-one is home. Ruby is free to roam downstairs. When we are in Ruby is happiest in the kitchen, the other 2 like rolling about the floor fun fighting and chasing each other in and out, generally making loads of noise so I can't watch Corra.

Michelle.

Mine gets run of the house /bar the bedrooms except when im in it bell runs n jumps at the door to open it , 2 mins later shes back outside the door :D shes very good never find anything chewed or any accidents. but i too find mine on our sofa but i supose thats not too bad, having a leather one its so easy to clean ,if i had fabric i might think otherwise about letting them up ;) The animals are never allowed on the worktops tables as i think you need a clean place to prep food and eat. cats arent allowed in when were out or on the sofa>> (clawsand leather dont mix)or bedrooms at any time,   :)

Cam, in an outside kennel?!   He'd be straight on the phone to Childline, the RSPCA and the national press.  :D

Cam sleeps in the kitchen at night, on his own sofa. He's not allowed to get up on the living room furniture - well, only his front paws, not his bottom. He's allowed upstairs when we choose to let him, but there's a stair-gate in place permanantly. Hubby think's he's never allowed on the bed, but me and Cammy know differently. Heheh. :D

Jo

Half in n out :D Bonnie eldest lab lives in always so does her mate Toffee mongrel in disguise as choc lab ;) same age, Sweepy lab the same, but Bon sleeps anywhere she like now & of a night at the side of bed & only she`s allowed in b/room, No upstairs all on one level. Rex Gsd about 4/5yrs rescue inside as well but goes in spare room when male labs are in :) Other 6 labs come in house after morning walk & out back to kennels when we go to bed all have sleeping kennels with interconecting doors oh a picture can say million words better than me right now :) Walled garden turned into kennels/runs & patio is shared between them & my washing whats left of it anyways :) NON of them allowed in kitchen ever never excep when gate gets left open!
Big change coming sometime soon tho but really only for Bonnie.

Christine, Spain.

both, actually 3 ways
when we're home they have access to everywhere, except our bedrooms, 
and they don't really want to be there anyway,
since we're only there when we sleep, which brings me to nights,
they sleep outside in their kennels, which for now I have in our courtyard,
behind the kitchen where we hang washing etc, and we lock the doors.
our dogs will be older and protection trained before I allow them the run of the
property at night.
poison is a real risk in our country, the vets dogs were recently poisoned, luckily
for his dogs he's a vet.
and security stopped someone suspicious in our area, searched his bags and found
food + poison.
someone also tried to steal my car the second night after moving in.

and I've also just bought a new house, and I still need to fence off the pool,
which is currently the main reason they don't have the run of the yard at night.
or when we're not home, I understand all dogs can swim, but for how long,
they could tire themselves trying to get out of the pool and heaven forbid they drown.
my GSD has already taken a liking to pool water, so I add any chemicals late at night,
and spread water bowls, since she seems to be too lazy to go all the way to her
usual spot.

at night they're in the kennels/courtyard from around midnight until 6:30AM or so
when I wake up, feed them, walk them, and let them out for the day.

I don't know, you can think whatever you like of me, but my dogs are more than fine,
I'm convinced that if they could talk to you they'd have a positive interpretation
of the phrase "Its a dogs life" :)

Taariq
<<<I don't know, you can think whatever you like of me>>>

Why on earth should we think anything :rolleyes:
Seems to be you have thought about almost everything when caring for your dogs .

This post wasnt about the rights or wrongs of where anybodys dog sleeps so please dont take it as a bashing towards people whose dogs do happen to sleep outside .
It wasnt intended as that at all :o

Exactly Lel. I have told Cliff I dont mind if he uses Barney's bed as everytime he moves he gets pushed over a little bit more anyway and Barney ends up sleeping on his pillow instead!! :D :)

I guess that post was directed at some colleagues, they seem to think
its cruel having dogs sleep outside, since they prefer having theirs on their beds,
personal choice I guess, but their laying on the guilt probably contributed to my comment.
I don't deny being a firm, but extremely loving handler.
after dinner at around 7PM my dogs sleep most of the next 5 hours in our lounge,
close to my feet as possible, hot nights the GSD will head for the tiled entrance instead, not
too far from us.
thats until I sleep as I said, then its another 6.5 hours outside, not all that long.

excuse the misdirection of my post

No problem ;)

I think it would only be cruel to throw a dog out who has lived inside all its life , there not used to the cold . you can imagen us wearing a jumper all the time then suddenly thrown in the cold you would feel it. i think its fine for a dog to sleep outside if its used to it ,

My 3 all sleep together in the kitchen.  I couldn't bear to think of them outside when it's so cold.  My Lurcher wouldn't be able to sleep outside even if I wanted to because he is unable to cope with the cold.  All my dogs are treated like babies, and sleep on the furniture and beds during the day when I'm at home.
I can understand why certain breeds sleep outside, but never a staffie!

It very much depends on the breed, and of course on the weather! In a hot summer my dogs like to sleep by an open window. (I won't let them sleep outside, even in a kennel, for fear of them being stolen). In foul wet, cold weather, with their short smooth coats, they would become ill.
:)

Sleep! Bradley hasn't got to that stage yet. 

Poor Em... ;)
You'l get there eventually

mine both live outside in a large keenel, there prefer it out there, as there get two hot been inside, but there will come in for half an hour for a cuddle :) (there both labs)

and when my puppie comes in april she will also live outside, when she is old enought, for the first few months she will be in a crate in the Kitchen when were out, and the door to the crate will be open when where in so she can ecide where she sleeps :D