Inside vs outside dog - Page 3

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”  Groucho Marks
Sorry, just had to lighten things up a bit!
 

I am hearing impaired, therefore my dogs are with me most of the time to help me know what is going on in the environment. Without my cochlear implant (left ear) and my hearing aid (right ear) I could be standing underneath the smoke alarm, and not hear it go off.

They sleep beside my bed at night. The female voluntarily goes into her crate to sleep (she is not shut in), and the male has his bed on the other side of the room. Both of them are trained to alert me to unusual noises, with the smoke alarm being #1 on the list.

Actually momo I didn't spend that much time going over your post, don't ask me why....

You are right poison proofing a dog is not for the amateur.

Actually the snake thing was easy, we have an abundance of snakes including Timber Rattle snakes and Copperheads.

I don't know what your going on about having to do with guns???

Car's another easy fix.

(So to the OP, basically some people here are saying, its better to keep a dog outside, so as long as you teach Food Refusal, Snake proof the dog, fence your yard properly to keep out pests and predators, regularly take you dog in to the vet for heartworm, west nile virus and valley fever testing and this and that and this and that and this and that. )
That's not what anyone said at all momo.

(It should be obvious at this point that its easier and less work to just keep them indoors and vacuum more often.)
It's all about easy is it?
Bullshit.

I get bit by the same ticks and mosquitoes as my dogs by the way, they get vaccine and I do not.

I don't do this testing for everything under the sun as many do, it's not productive.
Don't get me started on people like that.

There are German Shepherd dogs, and there are dogs that look like German Shepherd dogs.
Mine are the real deal.



 

Sunsilver,
I too let one or another sleep in the house, usually at the foot of the bed.
They all have duties to perform, including outside duties, they are rotated depending on the time and situations.

Now it's that time, heat cycles, so there is much more in and out than normal.
Also due to this crazy weather shedding has been a real problem this year.

Moons.

Two Moons,
It's not "easy" having a dog inside and that isn't why I chose it either. I enjoy my dogs with me. House training, picking up after them, etc. isn't easy. It requires commitment to have your dogs inside or outside for that matter. I think the best thing would be to say, to each is their own. Everyone probably has their own preferred method for a reason. Also, my Malinois is my service dog, so he's with me all the time. He couldn't do that if he was outside.

Momos:
I don't think it's easier to keep them inside. It's a lot of work whether their inside or outside. A dog is a real commitment if an owner does the right things.

Two Moons:
Didn't realize this was originally posted by MoMos.

It's obvious that we all have varying opinions. No one is wrong, we all want what's best for our dogs, and have our own thoughts on how that should be accomplished.

Nothing's easy in or out, it's a lot of time and effort to own a GSD.

I understand people do what their circumstances dictate, I am only saying a GSD is a poor choice as a house dog for both man and beast given what they are and what they need.

I would only say think before you choose a GSD, know what your getting into and be smart for both you and your dog.


 

Moons, you really should take some videos of your dogs avoiding snakes and doing all those other duties that make them so "real".

Moons, if you don't keep a GSD as a housedog, how can you be so sure they do not make good inside dogs?  How do you know what they need? I think they make very good housedogs myself.

They work,
that's real enough for me, it's what they were bred to do.

They do not avoid them, they alert me, I catch the snakes.
They do not try to grab them or play with them.

I've had a pup once bitten by a Copperhead, she survived and was named Snakebite.
It could have just as easily been me as it was between my bare feet at the time, I also caught that one, kept it in the freezer ...lol
It made a nice hat band.

Yeah, I'll have plenty of time to get the camera next time they run off the Coyotes or avoid snakes and mosquitoes.
Alert me to strangers or tree a squirrel.



 

(Moons, if you don't keep a GSD as a housedog, how can you be so sure they do not make good inside dogs?  How do you know what they need?)

Please......
I know you don't like me but don't insult my intelligence, or my dogs.

I've had GSD's my whole life, I didn't always live in the woods.