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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnr" data-source="post: 62658" data-attributes="member: 395">IMHO a hunting dog is best served living in its out door kennel. I have had 6 or so labs, a golden, a couple little shit house dogs(young and dumb, ex-wife was sadly in charge), and now a GSP. They come into the house on rare occasions, such as a night watching tv and the fire place going. Maybe happens a dozen times a year. My dogs are my family, however they are working outdoor dogs. I give them around an hour of exercise every single day, they hunt all season long(every weekend), they come to the lake with me and play like school girls all weekend long, but in the end they are a tool that I don't want rooting around my house, making a mess, or begging for my snacks.I have a heated pad like lunker posted in my homemade dog house, the house is 2x4 construction with R17 insulation in the walls, it is 3' X 3' with a six inch double insulated floor. The roof has hinges so I can clean it out when needed. Next to the dog house is a heated dog bowl for his water. If it is miserably cold out he will spend the night in his dog cage in the heated garage. My GSP was timid his first few times out in the field, the gun shots caught him of guard, he walked right next to me. I thought I ruined him. After a few more walks through the weekend he came around, but went into this routing for a few weekends. I spent a ton of time with just him and I so he would not get distracted with a bunch of shenanigans. He is only 2 years old now but hunts like a damn champion. Best dog I have ever owned, listens real well, points, retrieves, and loads himself into the back of the pickup with a simple "load up" command and will stay in the box until I tell him to get back out.The gun shyness is a concern, look into it before you create a problem. Nothing is worse than getting a hunting dog that wont hunt. It would be like getting a boat that doesn't float.Good luck, keep your dog inside or out, that is a personal decision. I was brought up with dogs, none of which spent much time at all in the house. PS if he is a barker, put one of them shocking bark collars on him. I did this with a few dogs, they quickly learn to not bark. I hate a barking freeking dog.</blockquote>

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