Outdoor pets

[Devils Advocate]

Do any BCF dog owners keep their pets outside in a shed, garage, field, or kennel run?

If you're one of those types that thinks its the 'done-thing' to try and humanise animals, let them sleep in your bed and such like, please will you stay out of this thread as it isnt about that sort of sillyness.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Not now, but yes.


Pat
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

It was a springer spaniel cross, slept in the Kennel and had free roaming area in the garden.
Kennel was pretty sheltered from the prevailing wind, but sometimes the rain did blow into the entrance. Didn't bother the dog as it tucked into the back.

Breed of dog would have a strong bearing on whether its up to living outdoors. i.e a small or short haired isn't robust enough for winters.

Keep the bedding laundered and the water bowl fresh. And when they get old bring them in. Thats if they take to living back indoors, some don't.

Also had a mongrel that lived outside in the days, made a dog-flap in the shed door. She came in at nights tho. Took her ages to use the dog flap, used a bowl of food inside the shed to coax her in. She sussed it in the end. They're not inquisitive like cats.

Got 3 dogs now and they all live indoors, but thats because most of the time someone is at home.

Outdoor dogs can get quite territorial (more than normal) and again depending on breed may be 'barkers'. Bear this in mind if you have neighbours

Pat
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[ncrn]

My uncle keeps hunting dogs (I think springer spaniels?) outside all year round. They have a run which they spend most their time in but also have a caravan attached to the run that they can camp in in the winter months (uncle has a lot of land ).

They seem happy whenever I see them, they get walked frequently and will go on hunts with my uncle and seem to enjoy what they do.
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[Ichy]

When I used to do a lot of country sports the majority of people I knew with lurchers kept them outdoors all year round. The dogs seemed happy enough. The lurcher we have at the moment, a saluki/collie cross, spends a lot of time outdoors through choice despite having the run of the house.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Just to give this an even slant i was a hunt sab and i occasionaly 'humanise' my dogs by making them wear my bike helmet for the amusement of BCF.

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[ulster exile]

My uncle kept his jack russells in a kennel (referred to as "the box") and they didn't want to come in the house. They had fresh straw for bedding and appeared to love it.

The only time they came into the house was to sleep in the kitchen for my aunty's benefit when my uncle was away or when I came to stay

[yen_powell]

My old girlfriend (years ago, I mean, not a pensioner I used to knock about with) kept two alsations oustide in a brick built kennel all year round.

The kennel was open/barred on one side and the concrete floor was lined with straw for insulation. They had always been kept outside, wouldn't recomend it for a dog that's been used to living indoors all the time.

Dogs kept outside have a very oily and shaggy coat compared to indoor dogs. When they came up to you and you stroked them you needed to wash your hands to get the oil and smell off. By god they look healthy though.
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[mistergixer]

I've thought about it as my dog is (apparently)a pain in the arse and whines, barks, chews and pees when i'm not around. Obviously, i never witness this behaviour (as it only happens when i'm out), so am a bit uncertain how to train him out of it.
I thought of a run/kennel, and considered something like this, with a run/kennel:

https://www.hgc.uk.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/265x265/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/a/p/apex.jpg

I've decided against it, as i just see my dog chewing through it/destroying it in a fairly short time. Ideally, he'd need a proper brick/concrete type thing.

If it's for your wonder breeder program you might also wish to consider the security risks, Max. Be easy to break into a garden or wooden enclosure.

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[Tonka]

Much like other posters, I have had dogs that like to be outdoors and will happily spend all their time outside given a chance. The dog I have now is very much an indoor dog and really prefers to be indoors. I actually had to make my old dog come in at night - he had dodgy back legs and the cold/damp made him worse but he didn't know that!!

I have a 'dog house' arrangement as there is a store room alongside the garage and with an alleyway between the store and back door - all brick built and covered, with a solid door one end and a locked metal gate the other for fresh air. I've always used either pallets or decking squares as raised beds to keep them from sleeping on concrete. I cover with carpet offcuts and then have a crate and plastic bed out there too. Never get any mess, but disinfect the concrete floor every month, just out of habit.

Friends keep gundogs and they are all properly kennelled and have been since puppyhood, so know no different and are quite content with it. Only downside is the noise issue - barking and howling, but they are half a mile away from any other houses, so not an issue for them really. The dogs will bark at a fox coming by them in the night and the stud dogs will howl if they can smell a bitch - neither things that can really be prevented. Security is a worry and all kennels are padlocked and security lighting installed.

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[Clanger]

Yes, we had two boxers and a mongrel, and their kennel was outside in the garden with a very large and long cage. We'd usually leave them outside, if we were away from the house, or if we had guests, or even sometimes when we were eating.

But they also used to get their very long walks/runs in the country twice a day too...over weekends for very much longer.
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[mistergixer]

[WildGoose]

Fair enough, was hoping for some kind of opinion/reasoning but never mind.
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[Ste]

Hunt sabs... the people wearing balaclavas in land rovers near to where fox hunting is happening?

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[Clanger]

[-Savage-]

Hi, we made a run for our dog when we had our house built. He was a collie/husky thing lol.

Sorry for the cr@p pic, its a camera-phone photo of a photo lol.

https://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f324/SavageKymco/DSC00404.jpg

Once we had the garden finished and fenced/gated off, we let him have full roam of the garden.

He would sleep in his kennel at night, but usually was lying on the grass in the sun during the day.

Kennel and run were fairly protected from the weather.



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My dog run, and she sleeps where she likes, normally keeping me warm ...

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And what's this bullshit about humanisation .. ffs ...

You mean the humanisation that started when we discovered fire and tools and then dogs evolved from wolves to follow humans around until we learnt they to could help us 2 ...
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