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Between Myself and my in-laws (we live on the same piece of 40 acre property) we have a total of 8 Great Danes (one is mine) and one lab/chow mix that are outside dogs. I think they have a great life!!! They have 40 acres to roam on. The don't get lonley b/c they all get along great. Every day when I get home from work they all come and meet me at my car and I can't go inside to see Lucy and Tank until all of them get their seperate rub down. My father in-law travels sometimes during the week and he also has an office in his home and stays home sometimes. The days he's home he stays outside with the dogs pretty much all day. Lucy and tank love all the dogs also. Whenever we take lucy and tank for walks all the dogs just follow right behind us and when we put them in their fence then the outside of the fence is covered with all the great danes just watching them play. Also they all have shelter from the weather that's about as big as my house that is filled with some kind of bedding (it kind looks like hampster bedding to me)

But when it comes to a Yorkie I would definatly so no way. They are small dogs and cannot put up with the canges in the weater like a big dog can.

Crystal