S
Great post, TX. Glad to see you back even if it's just for a short while. I always look forward to what you have to say. And I find it funny that no one said "No" when I asked if it was better to leave my dogs locked up in kennels inside almost 24/7 so they can be in the home & with the family. Seems this form of "humane" treatment is acceptable. And IMO, it's easier to forget about a dog locked away in a kennel in another room.
Just a little FYI: I used to keep my dogs in kennels during the day while at work & kenneled again at night. I usually have anywheres from 13-14 dogs at my house (13 presently). However, once having to leave work due to pregnancy complications, we made better chain setups & I began to leave my dogs outside during the day. And what a difference! Now I cannot get any of them to willingly go into their kennels during the day. Of course they all get rotated inside throughout the day, but I dare you to try to get them into their kennels! For some of them, after a play session and/or nap inside, they are whining by the back door wanting back out. Because I have a few night barkers, I still bring them inside at night (usually around 11pm & they are put back out at 6am) but once we move, they will stay out at night in their wonderful houses my husband built. In my EXPERIENCE, dogs prefer to be outside where they can bask in the sunlight, dig & play in the mud, & watch the goings on around them (birds, squirrels, etc.). Even when they are not getting worked or walked, they still receive more mental stimulation outside than they do inside. So call me what you will, but I won't care. I know my dogs are probably living a better life than your own mainly because I care more about them than I do yours & it seems you care more about what's going on with my dogs than you do your own.
Just a little FYI: I used to keep my dogs in kennels during the day while at work & kenneled again at night. I usually have anywheres from 13-14 dogs at my house (13 presently). However, once having to leave work due to pregnancy complications, we made better chain setups & I began to leave my dogs outside during the day. And what a difference! Now I cannot get any of them to willingly go into their kennels during the day. Of course they all get rotated inside throughout the day, but I dare you to try to get them into their kennels! For some of them, after a play session and/or nap inside, they are whining by the back door wanting back out. Because I have a few night barkers, I still bring them inside at night (usually around 11pm & they are put back out at 6am) but once we move, they will stay out at night in their wonderful houses my husband built. In my EXPERIENCE, dogs prefer to be outside where they can bask in the sunlight, dig & play in the mud, & watch the goings on around them (birds, squirrels, etc.). Even when they are not getting worked or walked, they still receive more mental stimulation outside than they do inside. So call me what you will, but I won't care. I know my dogs are probably living a better life than your own mainly because I care more about them than I do yours & it seems you care more about what's going on with my dogs than you do your own.
When you think about it there is really no difference between chaining (with proper equiptment) and kenneling (outside), just personal prefference. Or at least to me anyways. I can see people having a problem with dogs being chained 24/7/365 with little or no human interaction and not being let off. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that you all do that, so please don't take offense.
I don't think it is proper for constant confinement in the house in a crate either (not saying that you chazzers do that).
Pretty much, if a dog is being fed, watered, cared for properly, has time with its owner and time to run around and play I don't see a problem with any of the options.