Most I visited that had that kind of set-up said the dogs live in the kennels except for those times I mentioned when I asked about how they lived - they weren't ashamed of it at all. They simply said they couldn't treat all of their dogs as pets. Others, you could just tell that the dogs live there as no could rotate that many dogs into a family situation with any meaning much to the dog's life on a daily basis. And the owners had a separate house and pet dogs that had the run of it seemingly as they were running alongside and would come to sit by or near the owner once back in the house, some with toys or bedding nearby. There weren't any people around working with the kenneled dogs when I was on site on weekends or nights and the dogs were in the kennels mostly jumping at the fences, barking, howling. These dogs weren't being trained or housed as service dogs - these people showed or bred dogs from very clean facilities and with all of the niceties except the life of a pet. It didn't look like much of a life.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |