Hahahahahahahaha! I should not laugh because that polar bear attack was tragic. But.... really.... how stupid to some people get?

At least sled dogs work.

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Right On! Perfect. And this hits the nail on the head. To keep an outdoor dog happy the owners must be willing to give it a life, a job, something, ANYTHING so that it can...

sled dogs live in a pack environment, even when they are not living indoors. One dog living alone the backyard when it's 'pack' (ie, humans) lives inside is a completely different story.

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There are a forever growing number of people who question the validity of using pack "WOLF" social behaviour to judge the behaviour of modern dogs.
There have been a number of studies and natural observation of domes...

mental cruelty?

As if no mental cruelty happens inside the house? It does.

More attention? You mean that YOU give your dogs more attention because they are in the house. What about the millions of house dogs that are crated a...

sawdust on the concrete floor:

When I was a young girl I showed Afghans and Poodles, and there was no way our dogs were anywhere near sawdust, even at a bench show.

That website, linked above, is so extreme in nature. Thank GOD the dogs on that site were left outside, being outside was probably a blessing, their only solace from the horrible people who own them. If someone can be that abusive to a dog kept out...

This is off topic, but I wanted to ask. Has anyone here seen the Grizzly Man movie? The Documentary about Timothy Treadwell? What did you think?

I was watching the scene where he is running with a wild fox at his side, almost like a bo...

My Whippet is the best "hug-a-lup-a-guss", she will jump up into my arms, twist over onto her back (while still in my arms) dig her head into the side of my neck, and ...

The longer you keep these dogs apart the greater their animosity towards each other will become.

Your new dog, being the inside dog, is going to feel that you are his. Your first dog, the outside dog, is going to think, "what on earth i...