my honest opinion of keeping a dog in the house w/ pic added

[sidebyside]

I know this has been posted before but I wanted to share my experiences with you guys. My two year old male has been in the house since I brought him home as a pup. I see no lack of hunt, desire or search on this dog. I have no problems with his pads and the frigid temps don't seem to bother him. I often hunt with outdoor dogs and see no difference. However, I do see a difference on the warm weather months. The heat really affects him. I nearly had to carry him out of the woods a few times this summer during the training season. I think its the heavy humid air that he is not used to breathing.
Quite honestly, in the winter, he spends very little time outside and this hasn't seemed to bother him in the cold. Only the heat.
what’s your guys experience with this. Just seeing if anyone has had the same results.

[bigjohn]

Same with my 3 girls.They don't care what the weather outside is they just want to hunt.As far as the warm and humid weather,they'll just run until they overheat,if you let them.

[Gbeagle]

Just like people some dogs can stand the heat and some can't.

[S.R.Patch]

My opinion goes along with the comments made from those in the southern regions of the States who've been getting this unseasonably cold weather lately.
"It's fun to go out in for awhile,...but grows old quickly and the enthusiasm of it is lost shortly thereafter".
Those who are "acclimated" to it, think little of it and are best suited to perform in adverse conditions for when the chips are down, when courage and determination are most called for at the end of a long cold hard day.
I think a good undercoat and being acclimated are just two less thing working against a hound being asked to perform at it's best, when the cold becomes a factor. Most keep their sterns up till the third day, after that, conditioning and heart kept them in the race...jmho

[Mo. Beagler 5000]

My dogs are in the house about 4 hours a day...

When I let them out of the kennel they will run for the field every single time unless they are super hungry or cold then they run to the door...

[lee broadley]

alot depends on if you hunt a few hours or all day long. but what matters to you is your own opinion. i bet your dogs listen & are in tune with what you want better than a dog that spend its life in a kennel. by the way mine stay outside but i try to get them out every day just to handle them. the dogs are for our enjoyment so enjoy them how you see fit

[sidebyside]

We normally hunt all day.
Someone once told me that them being in the house would ruin their nose. That perfume, hairspray and all the stuff with alcohol in it found in a house had a negative effect on their nose. Do you think there is any truth to it? Like I said, it's only the warmer weather. Has anyone had their house hounds struggle in the cold?

[MI-Beagler]

I keep my beagles inside. I have no complaints at all, they will hunt as long and as hard as I require. Thus far, I have not been able to find a bottom end on them, However, I do run my dogs a lot and I'm sure that's helps with thier conditioning. I have found that temperature is not an issue.

[Salzer mtn]

I can't speak for a dog but in the summer months when it get's real hot and humid and i lay up under a air condition seems like when i do go outside i can't get used to the heat at all. So it could be the same way with the dog.

[Househounds]

Of course my dogs live with me and my family inside and I have been very happy with the way they hunt. I run them mostly only on the weekends. I have ran them some with other dogs and they do pretty good. I do go on weekend long hunts and can tell that the more I get them out the better they get as far as energy and hunt late on the second day. My older dog copper is 6 and has great hunt and desire and I have only see him quit once. It was the end of the second day at Drummond and he actully walked over to me and sat down after the pack came back on a hare. I though I would have to leave him in the box the second day but that moring he was ready to go and ran with the other just fine. As far as I can tell he is as tough as nails when it comes to jumping and running rabbits. Max tends to get lazy about jumping rabbits but loves to get in the chase, and his cold nose has helped get a chase started and keep it going for us more then a few times.

I realy do not think having them inside has any negative effect on them, and it seems to me it can only help with there behavior and handleing. JMO based on my experience.

[Bev]

I don't see how where they sleep could change the biology they're born with. Before they lived anywhere they were infused with or without the desire to hunt, and with or without the nose and brains to do so. Unless you purposefully break them from hunting (good luck with that) I don't see how they would be any different in a weed patch if taken from a kennel or the recliner. As far as perfume and other smells, I personally don't think that would hurt their ability to pick out a rabbit track. Most hunting dogs that are kenneled have cedar bedding at one time or another -- and there's not much stronger scent than cedar, IMO. For example, Polo byt Ralph Lauren? Smells just like the cedar in a hamster cage to me, rotflmao.

[packmaster]

I have got 4 inside,and 4 outside.makes absolutly no difference in there hunt.I just prefer to keep the younger ones outdoors for house interior reasons.I love the picture you posted.looks like everyone is happy there!

[Bev]

Your kids (all three) are adorable, sidebyside. What are their names?

[chapkosbeagles]

I HAVE DOGS INSIDE AND OUT IN THE KENNEL THEY WILL DO ALL THE FFANCY TRICKS FOR TREATS AND RUN RABBITS ALL DAY AND NIGHT TILL I PICK THEM UP WITH NO QUITE IN WINTER OR SUMMER AND ALL I CAN SAY

I GOOD RABBIT DOG IS A GOOD DOG NO MATTER WHERE HE LAYS HIS HEAD WHEN HE IS NOT IN THE WOODS PERIOD

[duckbuster38401]

I agree, to me it make no difference if the stay in doors or out in there hunt. Dogs are like people some have a better personality than others. I bring one of mine in all the time, my nephews play with her. They spoil her to death but she is one of the hardest hunting dogs I have. She is just that type of dog, you put her in he bushes and it don't matter what's went on that day, or the day before she is hunting. She is rotten to the core with the kids but it's hard not to spoil her she is just a loving little dog that will do anything for you.