100% there Paul...mine live in but I am in the process of building a kennel block....then they'll be in or out or whatever....no hard and fast rules....
I'm also self employed and work outside so mine come to work with me....
Tell you what though I've seen loads of folk who have their dogs in kennels for 23 and a half hours a day...quick walk...feed and no other human contact....and I mean loads of folk....or out lamping....whack em back in the kennel and forget about them....and pass it off as rest....