Malone LaVeigh
Member
OK, to start out, I'm not a dog person. I've never owned one myself, though we had them in the family when I was a kid, and I learned to hunt on stand with deer dogs driving the game.
Lately, though, I have been realizing that a dog might be a good animal to have for bird and pig hunting. And my son has asked for one for that purpose. He lives with his mother and she won't have a dog in the house.
When I was a kid, most of the people that I knew that had hunting dogs kept them outside, even if they also had a house dog. I know dogs are social animals. So my question is whether you keep your dogs in or outside, and what you think is best. Could a dog kept outside be reasonably happy if it is walked regularly and gets to play with other doggies in the neighborhood, but is by itself in a dog pen most of the time?
Lately, though, I have been realizing that a dog might be a good animal to have for bird and pig hunting. And my son has asked for one for that purpose. He lives with his mother and she won't have a dog in the house.
When I was a kid, most of the people that I knew that had hunting dogs kept them outside, even if they also had a house dog. I know dogs are social animals. So my question is whether you keep your dogs in or outside, and what you think is best. Could a dog kept outside be reasonably happy if it is walked regularly and gets to play with other doggies in the neighborhood, but is by itself in a dog pen most of the time?