I agree as all dogs should be house dogs and will never understand why people own one if they do not do them justice as they all need to feel they are loved. It was a challenge though when I had 7 GSD's living in the house for us to find a place on one of the 2 couches or chairs I had. LOL!!!!! They could come and go as they chose out their doggie door into their 6 ft fenced in back yard big enough for them all to run and play in. Having 20 acres and 5 acres fenced they never felt cooped up in a pen. Spoiled yes but they all had jobs to do and they loved them. Theresa On Wed, 9/25/13, Binderhaus@xxxxxxx <Binderhaus@xxxxxxx> wrote: Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Love these stories/House dogs To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 12:23 AM When I got married, my husband was not a 'dog' person. Over the years the dogs have slowly grown on him and he enjoys a well trained GSD as much as I do. ALL of our dogs are house dogs (and all at the same time). Recently he came home from a dinner at a colleagues house who kept their Chow chow outside in the yard and asked me: "Why do people have dogs if they're not inside WITH them?" Guess I've got a convert! LOL Cynthia Binder DVM Binderhaus Shepherds ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================