Spoiled dogs, yeah, my Newf puppy, (125 lbs and growing ) and my Golden retriever have us VERY well trained, one bark means outside, 2 barks means let me in, 3 barks means get off my sofa or and don't forget the race every night to see who gets the best side of the bed, (they get the middle) It hurts to kn ow so many people just don't get the joy of being a pack member, the love of a good dog is all accepting. My boys have a 1/2 acre backyard to run in with a dugout pond up the road to be taken to for a swim and of course a small wading pool for cooling in the back yard. Never have been without a dog, a kid or my husband. What would life be like??? Vacumming only once a week, clothes without dog hair, a king size bed to myself, vacations, martinis with friends, no weekend poopscooping, a clean house, ahhh sounds,,,,, sounds,,,,,,, sounds **** boring lol
Neighbor keeps dog tied up outside 24/7
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you should do some research before you liken dogs that are kept outside to dogs that are mistreated and neglected. I've never let any of my dogs live in my house, and they were all very happy. It's one thing to tie your dog up and leave it outside with no attention, and a completely other thing to have a dog live outside and pay plenty of attention to it. I suggest you realize this difference before someone who feels more strongly than I comments on it.
personally delivering something to someone else's mailbox using non-postal service methods is a federal felony. you're lucky you didn't get reported for it.
other than that, yeah.. leaving your dog tethered outside with no shelter 24/7 IS wrong. at least give them some shelter, and play with them, but to preach that dogs must be kept inside to be happy is rather narrowminded IMO.
I did do research. I pass that house a few times a day. I see newspapers gather for a few days when they go away with the dog still there and I checked out these sites.
http://www.unchainyourdog.org/
http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/
They did not treat the dog like you did. The dog was mistreated and neglected. It was tied to a tree 24/7 rain or shine. It would also get loose and run the streets. The people around where I live speed. I am a more careful driver had have came close to hitting it. It runs right for the wheels and sits in the middle of the street. I didn't have my name or anything on it so I'm not going to get reported. Even if they saw me do it, they don't know my name. People around me stick un-mailed stuff in mail boxes all the time. It did not have shelter. It seemed they would even go on vacation and leave it tied out there. There are some people in this world that thing that dogs are outside creatures and it is perfectly humane to leave them out with no human contact or shelter. It blows my mind but there are people like that.
The dog now has a dog house and bed with toys. So far it seems to be kept inside more also. When its outside its on a trolley.
That is illegal in all states. Federal Law. Only properly postage paid items can go there and only by US postal service employees.
exactly my point, which takes me back to the first post where you wrote that it was important to keep your dog inside the dwelling in order for to be happy, and that there is 'no such thing as an "outside dog"'. Dogs are perfectly capable physically and mentally of being kept outside, nature engineered them for outdoors life, did it not? I just didnt like being an owner of 'outside dogs' and getting tossed into the same category as dog owners such as your neighbors.
not all breeds of dogs though can be kept outside all the time...example being greyhounds, they have little to no body fat and will either freeze to death in winter or die from heat exhaustion if they are left out without a cool retreat....of course, no dog should be left outside in the heat of summer without fresh water food and shade, but not all dogs are capable of living outdoors all the time.
