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Add to FavoritesYour dog is a reliable friend, right? Well, just leave him for a few days, with someone else taking care of him, and see if he cares as much as you think he does.
Keeping a dog indoors seems nice and more fair than leaving him outdoors, right? Well, guess what? Outdoors he learns to dominate a dog house, while indoors he learns to dominate everything. A dog told that his place is in his dog house will value any additional allowances in much the same way as a child that is restricted in space as to how he can behave and where in the house.
Animals like to dominate what ever they can gain access to...and though my dog is allowed indoors, I can definitely understand why outdoors is more distinctive to his rank as friend.
My dog upon seeing that his needs were being met by a dog walker was not so much bothered by my absence, as I had previously thought. The essential issue with this point of humane treatment is that it is an issue of preference for the dog's caretaker("owner") This is filtered through the human conscience for ones personal regard toward himself. The individual would not appreciate being left outdoors, so he wants his dog to meet with the social rank that he himself enjoys.
Actually, the dog should be allowed to screen the outdoors for his bias of how he disapproves of things and people that are not allowed to trespass on his territory.
Our ability to favor ourself worth in a higher regard of personal space and duty separates us from animals.
An animal needs to surround his environment with habitual and expected results, provided that the environment identifies his sense of scent patterns. The ability to consciously upgrade our behavioral patterns according to our will regardless of scent patterns enables us to be civil and logical. Otherwise we would not hold any human social regard to time and place.
Civilly we must follow a politically correct manner that is societally met with appropriateness and confidence of self worth. Since I am worth the comforts that I afford myself, "why would I wish to leave my dog outdoors and bear a sense of incomplete care for him"? The answer is simply that if you allow this animal to constantly engage (your space) then it is questionably his too and he takes charge of it as he sees fit.
If you don't mind that he will tend to do that then you can allow this to occur. I believe that if your best friend, your dog, is left to the outdoors, then not only will he dominate this area with greater conviction, but he will proudly take charge with greater insistence. If you want your dog to dominate the outdoor environment then you need to allow him to focus his sight, smell, and hearing within this exclusive environment. This will affect him more urgently than giving him a more vague message of indoor inclusion constantly.
When a dog can spread his scent over a more broad range as they frequently do outdoors during a walk, he is assigning himself the right to the territory. Once this assignment is performed, he sets out to take control. After all control is everything. If you lost control of your position at your job you would probably lose it too.
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A dog needs to be with its family and unless the family is living in a tents or under a bridge somewhere the dog should be inside with the family. Dogs are very social animals and love to be with people in general and their family in particular. I have had dogs all my life and although they spent a lot of time outdoors, playing and things, they were essentially an inside dog..
As I write this today, it is snowing real hard outsdide and my two year old Akita, Saki, is laying on her rug looking up at me. She will go to the picture windoiw and look out and then cme back and want some love. It is like she knows we can't go for a walk right now so whe will just settle for some petting and love inside. It is almost like she is saying thanks for not making her be outside in that mess. Tomorrow I will pick up my new long coat Akita puppy. She is ten weeks old and coming on the plane from Oklahoma.
If you don't want to share your home with your dog and love and take care of them, I suggest that you don't get a pet at all. Even a bird, cat or hamster requires some attention and care. If you don't have time to take care of a dog, just don't get one and make them miserable.
A dog just wants to please its owner in everything and all the dog asks for in return is a warm place to sleep, fresh food and water, a lot of love and attention and maybe a steak bone once in a while. A dog is like the majority of people in the world today, they need a lot of exercise. All I have to do is mention the word walk or play or park and Saki is ready to go. I'm sure that Meka will be the same way They are such loyal and loving dogs and although they love their walks and playing Frisbee in the park, thy are equally happy just being near you and having you love them and talk to them.
Buying a dog and then tieing them up in the backyard is cruel and that is what makes a lot of dogs mean. No water, no food, no shade, and a yard full of dog poop, wouldn't you get mean after a while. I know I would. The breed is not to blame, it is the inconsiderate owner.
Depending on the size and the breed of the dog may make a little difference but in general I think all dogs should spend ample time outside getting fresh air and sunshine and being walked and exercised but they need a lot of time inside with the family too.
I am getting the puppy mainly for my two granddaughters since they live in an apartment right now and can't have a dog. My 2 1/2 year old has Spina Bifida so is confined toa wheel chair or to crawl on the floor and she is crazy about dogs so hopefully this will be a great pet for her and her sister as well as the rest of us.
Small dogs like schnausers, poodles and dachshunds are generally considered indoor dogs while Akitas, Labs, Rotteweilers and German Shepherd are generally considered outdoor dogs but they all need to spend time outdoors and indoors with their families.
Training is a big part of owning a dog whether it be an indoor or an outdoor dog. I have spent a lot of time training my two year old Akita and she is a real joy. She is well mannered and a real easy keeper. In two years she has never had an accident in the house and she has never chewed any thing up. Not that she didn't want to when she was a puppy. We walk a lot and we play Frisbee at the park. She gets a lot of love and attention and the only time she is ever penned in the back yard is when I am using the weed-eater or something that would dangerous to her. If my wife is home she stays inside but she doesn't like to be inside when everybody else is out in the backyard. She wants to be with her family.
My seven year old granddaughte loves to take Saki for walks and Saki is very socialble but also very protective. I would hate to be the person that made a move to hurt Kassidy because Saki would be on them RIGHT NOW.
All dogs need to get their outside time for fun and exercise but if they are going to be a true family pet, they need to live inside with the family.
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