Do you leave your dog(s) in your yard when no one is home?

[Lauri & The Gang]

If I had a LARGE property (like 30+ acres) and I built a dedicated kennel building with secured outside areas and I knew that the dogs barking would NOT bother the neighbors then MAYBE I would feel comfortable leaving them with access to the outside when I was not home.

Right now, being unemployed, I am home all the time with them. Know what they spend most of their time doing?

SLEEPING!!

They would be just as comfortable sleeping in their extra large crates as they are sleeping on the wood floors or couch.

[ritacykim]

We just moved into a nice gated community in California, with a good size yard, but I can't leave my pups outside because I was finding fist size cement chunks in our yard. I know my GSD or my Yorkie wasn't digging these up or finding these rocks in our yard. So that means that someone must be throwing them over! If I find who ever has been throwing the rocks over, I'm going to personally kick their ass! I can't imagine one of those rocks hitting my babies! From the first day we started finding the rocks, we decided our GSD pup will be an inside dog with our Yorkie.

[Jessiewessie99]

Originally Posted by ritacykim

We just moved into a nice gated community in California, with a good size yard, but I can't leave my pups outside because I was finding fist size cement chunks in our yard. I know my GSD or my Yorkie wasn't digging these up or finding these rocks in our yard. So that means that someone must be throwing them over! If I find who ever has been throwing the rocks over, I'm going to personally kick their ass! I can't imagine one of those rocks hitting my babies! From the first day we started finding the rocks, we decided our GSD pup will be an inside dog with our Yorkie.

My neighbor around around the block had the grandkids of the lady behind her throwing rocks at her GSD(This was way back in the day) and after that he HATED kids. I would see if the people who live behind you have kids or something and talk to them about it before it leads to something bad. i hope you dogs are all right.

Another reason I would never leave my dogs out alone is because their are weirdos who take black dogs(or black cats) and torture them and such because they think black dogs are evil. My shelter won't let people adopt black cats on Halloween because of it. I had some people eyeing Tanner and Molly.

[mjbgsd]

Originally Posted by Cassidy's Mom

Found a couple more pictures - this is the end by the front gate, (must have been garbage day, the cans aren't there):



Baby Dena

And the end leading into the yard:



You can see the garage pen in this one:

I really like your set up. Looks wonderful!

I never leave my dogs alone in the back yard without someone watching them. But I have left Akbar in the kennel run we have set up for a few hours but only when I or someone else is home. He is never left out when someone isn't home. I'm too paranoid that someone might steal him.

[Jennifer]

This may be a dumb question but how can a dog be stolen out of its own yard? Wouldn't most dogs be inclined to bark territorially and scare the intruder off?

[Jennifer]

For what it's worth, we have a 6 foot block wall surrounding our yard (which is very large) but I haven't wanted to leave Oro out there alone much, mainly because he seems to prefer being included with me/my family, wherever we are.

[Rusty_212]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

This may be a dumb question but how can a dog be stolen out of its own yard? Wouldn't most dogs be inclined to bark territorially and scare the intruder off?

It happens and it's easier than you think. I would never, ever leave my dogs alone outside. In also have crappy neihbors that i don't trust. You never know what will happen to your dogs. If you love them, never leave them unattended. There are too many sick ppl. out there.
Anyone that would hurt your beloved pet, sorry but death is too nice for them.

[gagsd]

"If you love them, never leave them unattended."

That is a pretty blanket statement.

[Relayer]

I could leave my last Rhodesian Ridgeback in our one acre yard, if it was not too hot sometime, because he was so mellow and didn't need to be "entertained" all the time. I would never (ever) leave my GSD alone in the yard. He's much happier and frankly safer, in his crate during the few times nobody can supervise.

[Jessiewessie99]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

This may be a dumb question but how can a dog be stolen out of its own yard? Wouldn't most dogs be inclined to bark territorially and scare the intruder off?

If someone really wants a dog badly and cannot afford it or doesn't want to spend money or is an idiot they will do anything to get their hands on a dog. If they see a beautiful purebred GSD in someone's yard they will steal it.

There are crazy people out there.