I love having kennels ... only got them this summer tho. Dogs sleep out, but they're in during the day when I'm home. Times like this when I'm busy cleaning and seeing to the kids tho, I chuck 'em out. The set up suits them and suits me. Their coats have adjusted well, and obviously I've upped their food to see them through the cold nights. The whippet does wear a fleece when the temp is close to the freezing mark.
I never put coats on them when I'm walking them. Our walks consists of rapid road walking, an hour or so mooching, then more road walking home. They get back to a warm hose, a