Kennel Dogs

[C Hall 552]

There are pro's and con's for both living inside and outside

 

Does living either way make them run or work any better

 

My answer is, if the dog is looked after properly it wont matter at all if its kept inside or out

[cumbrianmountainman 8]

There are pro's and con's for both living inside and outside

 

Does living either way make them run or work any better

 

My answer is, if the dog is looked after properly it wont matter at all if its kept inside or out

Thats what i reckon as well.Good food,plenty of exercise and plenty of work is what makes a dog.

[dimmock20 278]

I think of it like this, we go up Scotland (wick) once a year shooting geese a very bleak cold place to be in winter. Some of the farmers/locals up there live in old houses that don't look fit for a dog single glazed windows some just bordered up no central heating etc and when matey comes to the door he's stood in a vest or t shirt where stood there with 2 layers of clothes on thermals and a Woolley hat. I think a dog that is out in a Kennal will not feel the cold as much as as a dog that is laid up at the side of the radiator all day, going back to something someone said earlier about house dogs living longer i can Bileve that as half of these that do live up there in the rough parts do look f****d by the time there 30. Having said all that I don't think it makes any difference to there working ability

[Charliejet 1]

I keneld my lurcher recently because I just had a baby and he improved in the field over night, he was approaching a year old and was still puppy like out on the lamp, since being banged up he don't leave my side and retrieves like a mature dog.

[Brummy 9]

It doesn't matter at all. If a lurcher is bought on right and not over-matched too early or overworked it'll perform to the best of it's abilities provided it's fit and fed right. Simples.

[mC HULL 10,709]

my dogs a kenneled but the short haired i always put coats on when its cold winter nights keeps there condition or they go thin if they worked hard dogs just as happy with there own space kenneled outside indoors they happy like but they get to wise my bitch can let itself out a door even if it has to pull the handle down and pull the door inwards but she got kennelled no bother

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

My old collie cross would jump out of his run and sleep on my garden even with snow on the ground.guy next door came around to have a moan that I was cruel, until I put the dog away and he watched it scale 7 ft to get out.if it was really wet I would let him sleep in the kitchen.then I put some orange plastic stuff they put around holes dug in the roads over his dog run.

[Dig-deep-draw-charlie 2,708]

Doesn't matter where they sleep mate, I have had my dog in the house the odd time and he ain't got harder/softer, but my preference is outside in a run

[Lamp champ 0]

I have always keeped mine kenneled always will and i think they prefur it mate

[Wxm 1,638]

if living in a run made them harder does it matter what the run floor is made from???

 

i mean are dogs walking on a concrete base harder than walking on a slabbed base or would mud / gravel / sand or glass make them harder

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

I keneld my lurcher recently because I just had a baby and he improved in the field over night, he was approaching a year old and was still puppy like out on the lamp, since being banged up he don't leave my side and retrieves like a mature dog.

 

That must be the most stupid comment I have read on here since becoming a member...

[Dewclaw69 484]

was gonna keep mine in the house and just kennel him after a nights work when he's wet an covered in shite. after seeing this he'll probably make a better dog if i just chain him up in the garden over winter.