Dog hates being indoors?

[Guest Anonymous]

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[abker17]

Both my dogs prefer to be outside in the summer/spring also. Especially at night in the summer, after it's been real hot all day. I don't think it's nessisarily(sp?) wierd, some dogs just like to be outside.
Mine would probably also like to stay out during the winter, but it gets way to cold for them to be out there all the time.

[imported_Cassie]

I used to have a husky as a child which didn't like being in the house for the simple fact that it was too warm for him. We set up fans in my room and he found that to be to his liking :roll:
Other than that dog all my other dogs have been lovely house dogs...my current group which consists of 4 Newf's a Dobe and a Rottie love being in the house....but, if I left my door open they would run out side because they could (which I do on nice days -I leave the door open in the mud room)
I do know some people whose dogs have grown up in kennels and when brought into the house have paced and not been very happy about it. I suppose its all in what they get used to and what they are comfortable with. I have also seen alot of kennel dogs (brought up in a kennel) take to living indoors like a fish takes to water :lol: it just depends on what the dog is comfortable with...
I swear some dogs become claustrophobic indoors.....we have one client with a Lhasa Apso which will not go in the home (Which I find weird for a small breed such as the Lhasa)....the owner had to have a nice kennel built for it....at the grooming shop we cannot put this dog in a crate which has solid sides we can only put him in one of our open wire cages...other wise the dog freaks out :o not just barking freak out, but, he starts hyperventalating and then starts shaking and screeching...the first time we groomed him we thought he was taking a seizure! we let him loose in the shop and he was fine and put him in the wire cage and he was fine as well....no other groomer in town would take this dog a second time...little did they realize the dog suffers from claustrophobia (we think :wink: ).....the owners were so releived as the other groomers told her they would NOT groom the dog and were unable to groom him, they advised her the dog has serious behavior problems and was aggressive :o

[bk_blue]

BK used to be an indoor dog (who slept outside at night), then when we moved house 6 yrs ago he became an outside dog to be let in occasionally. He does prefer to be outside rather than inside. We let him in and he goes around and says hi to everyone, then lies down in his spot next to The Boss (dad)- usually he'll just go outside again voluntarily after about fifteen minutes, but sometimes he does just like to curl up in the one spot for a couple of hours.

[courtnek]

My malamute mix preferred to be outside in the winter. It was too warm in the house for him. We'd let him stay out during the day, but I insisted he come in at night. Even with that 4 inch thinck coat, I thought it was too cold. My foxhound also prefers to be outside, she was raised in a kennel, but she will come in and lay at my feet voluntarily, especially if its really cold. The malamute hated summer. I would get him thinned out every year, but he still would only go out for business, then come in and lay ont he couch under the air conditioner. In the winter at night he would lay in front of the front door, because the cold air would come in under the door crack, so he was our insulation. He liked the cold, and it blocked the air from chilling out the room...

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