There is nothing wrong with dogs kenneled if they have suitable living space and they have sufficient contact with people
best regards
Dan
This is something I've always found to be true. My Golden male sleeps outside by his own choice. He's a house dog, and he's allowed to sleep inside if he wants. He goes out on the back deck to sleep--even in some horrible weather. I haven't yet built him a dog house and run yet because Goldens are usually on the top of everybody's list of dogs that won't tolerate kenneling. I make him sleep inside if the weather is too extreme, but I haven't yet found any that bothers him. He does need more than the "normal" amount of attention, though.
My buddy had a GSP who was kept kenneled all the time. The only negative result of it was the dog was way too independent and hunted for himself. That was probably the result of equal parts poor training and insufficient human contact. My buddy just didn't see that dogs need social contact. The dog wasn't otherwise neurotic, though.
