Outdoor Kennel

[brendayour]

i have a big kennell out the back. Sammy loves it. He stays out there all day when I go to work. I didnt think it was nice to leave him in a kitchen all day.. I couldnt give him the run of the house he would wreck the place and I would be afraid of him eating someting etc.. he loves it outside! I have two big bowls of water for him and its very secure. Everyday I come home he is either running around or having a nap in his house

 

[bucca]

my sister in law has five dogs and they have a doggie door so when they arent home they can come in and go out well what they did was when they put the fence up in the backyard they first put a layer of cement then the fence this way the dogs could not dig out it works fine because she has found spots where they try but cant do it.

 

[NissaJoyMum]

I don't leave mine outside all day either, but if I lived in Wisconsin, I would probably reconsider! Right now, she has the whole downstairs while we are at work, including our kitchen where she can look out the big sliders to the back yard. Definitely not as exciting as being out there, but best we can offer for our location

 

[Shakira's Ma]

I would not leave my girl outside unattended ever. Too many things could go wrong. An allergic reaction to a bee sting/bug bite....another animal getting in....someone stealing her.....any type of injury. It scares me to even think about it. Also, my girl has numerous trees to get shade in the summer but she would rather fall asleep in the full sun and I have had to wake her up and get her in the house to cool off. I don't trust that most Boxers would seek out a cool area....(they might miss something). Our friends dog likes to dig holes and lay in the cool dirt verses going to her kennel which is similar to what you described. Heat stroke would be another major concern.

Much safer to keep inside, even crated if they can't be trusted not to destroy anything in the home. Too many unknowns outside. That being said this is only my opinion and I am an overly protective mom.

Completely agree! Anything could happen and then you would question if you could have done something different and feel guilty if something did happen like Ranvin:

Cami, I agree with you. Our last boxer was left alone when we went on a week trip. Someone came daily and checked on her, but if I could change it, I would. When we got back, we noticed that Annie looked thin. Long story short, she had renal failure and died. I will never know what caused it...was it age (7 yrs) or hereditary or did someone give her something because she barked too much?

Anyhow, I know now that I will not leave Emma alone like that.

I am not saying that it shouldn't or can't be done, but I would take every precaution possible.

I did a similar thing many years ago with a ChowChow puppy, when we came home she seemed fine and the next day she had lost weight and was crying like she was in pain we rushed her to the vets, that was on a Tuesday and she died by Thursday. Now the vets say it was Parvo (she had all her immunizations up to date) but I will always question if someone hadn't done something to poison her, like Ranvin does. Some people are very mean and wouldn't stop at anything to harm an animal. It is definately safer for your baby to be indoors. JMO