Are your dogs content outside alone?
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Mine all love it. There isn't enough room for a good tussle in the house, but in the yard they can romp and wrestle all they want. Believe me, they want 
If Sunny was an only dog he wouldn't tolerate being out of my sight but since there are three of them he's distracted enough to not really notice me being gone.
If Sunny was an only dog he wouldn't tolerate being out of my sight but since there are three of them he's distracted enough to not really notice me being gone.
Yea, a lot of wildlife here too, which is one reason I rarely leave any of mine out alone - pretty much only Tyr and only long enough for him to make his potty rounds and I keep an eye out the windows and not very often for him either. Sure, it's easier, but their safety is worth the effort of going out there with them.
We have fox, beavers, snapping turtles, owls, probably hawks, geese, some flavor of bird that I think is either blackbird or crow, deer and that's just what I'm aware of right now. I also will only let him out alone during midday when most wildlife is less active and when I can see out there.
We have fox, beavers, snapping turtles, owls, probably hawks, geese, some flavor of bird that I think is either blackbird or crow, deer and that's just what I'm aware of right now. I also will only let him out alone during midday when most wildlife is less active and when I can see out there.
since i have a six foot wooden privacy fence, including a six foot solid wooden gate that latches on the inside, i've become more lax about allowing the dogs to be outside by themselves if i'm right inside the door. if it's nice out luce and mushroom will sometimes sunbathe for a little while. the puppy will run around with his toy and make a muddy mess of himself. but none of them will stay out by themselves for very long at all.
Ivan has a hard time staying outside period even if I am sitting on the porch 5 feet away from him. Where I am Ivan feels he has to be and is not above letting the whole world know hes not with me. Peewee on the other hand LOVES being outside, he much prefers to be there than in the house. Hot or cold hes outside. He is one of those odd dogs the could and would be happy as an outside dog.
When none of us is home, my 3 stay out in the backyard with the option to go into their room, aka the garage anytime they want. When someone is home, the first thing we'd do is to open the door between the garage & the kitchen, so the dogs can go in and out of the house as they please. According to my dad, who's home for the most part of the day, they prefer to stay outside than inside the house!
When I'm home, however, they all turn into my shadow & are exactly where I am, every single minute, until bed time!
When I'm home, however, they all turn into my shadow & are exactly where I am, every single minute, until bed time!
They would be but they never are. I never leave my dogs outside a lone.
Athena just loves to sit in the sun and watch the world go by. It wouldn't bother her in the least if I went in the house.
Sal I think would actually prefer to be with me in the house than he would be al lone outside. Unless of course their was some other dogs to play with outside. In that case he would forget about me.
Athena just loves to sit in the sun and watch the world go by. It wouldn't bother her in the least if I went in the house.
Sal I think would actually prefer to be with me in the house than he would be al lone outside. Unless of course their was some other dogs to play with outside. In that case he would forget about me.
100%. Pit would be an ideal outdoor dog in the sense that he couldn't care less if anyone ever paid attention to him and he just plain loves being outside. If I ever couldn't find him when he was a puppy it was usually because my mom left the door open and he would be lounging out in the yard for hours.
My dogs are fine being outside alone, as long as nobody steps into our yard. For that reason they are NOT left outside unsupervised. Daisy is usually the first to ask to come in because she knows there's food in the house and she doesn't want to miss out on anything. Benji would pretty much stay outside all the time if he could, except if its raining or too hot.
One is happy outdoors looking around ans sniffing for about an hour if the weather is nice but if she's bored she will just lay at the door, looking around and is happy to wait till I open the door. My SD will do his business and scratches to come right back in. Both would live outdoors all day if that's where I was.
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Most would stand at the door and bark if left alone outside for more than 30 seconds. But things can happen to dogs left outside unsupervised, so mine are never left unsupervised outside. During nice spring and fall days, I'll leave the backdoor open, sit on the couch, and watch them come and go. But they are always supervised.
But yeah, they aren't too content on being outside alone. They'd rather be with their family, or have someone out there with them.
But yeah, they aren't too content on being outside alone. They'd rather be with their family, or have someone out there with them.