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Yeah, #2984, I gotta agree with MH on this one.

I will concede that for a pet that has only lived its life indoors, to suddenly keep it outdoors after years of the soft indoor life would be cruel. But for someone with a young animal, or getting a new pet, it is fine to keep them outdoors. Especially if you live in a temperate climate.
First of all, pets are animals. Almost all animals live outdoors. They do just fine. Now if you de-claw the animal, that is unfair. But if it has its normal defences, then all is well. Animals have a fur coat for reasonably cold weather. Animals socialize with other animals. As a good pet owner, you will naturally socialize with your pet frequently, and it would do us all good to get outside a little more often. Doesn't mean the animal has to be with you 24/7. Animals enjoy and need to have exercise such as running around outdoors.
We and our relatives have had plenty of outdoors dogs and cats, they all were good pets and we enjoyed them, they stayed around and played with us but inbetween times they would play with each other, frolic and explore, or take a nice nap somewhere.

We did have one dog after we moved to the city on our 1/2 acre plot which we allowed to come inside the house, into the back two rooms ONLY. The rest we kept closed off and separate. He slept inside and would socialize with us during parts of the days. As far as pet relationships go, it was lovely. However, his hair got all OVER the house as it traveled through the air. As health goes, it was not lovely. Caused respiratory problems. Fortunately we had other people live in our house the past several years who did not have any pets and who kept the house extremely clean. They have eliminated all apparently traces of our pet much to my physical relief.
Our dog would play outdoors happily for hours. He also would jump the fence to the next door neighbor's house and play with their dogs (the owners didn't mind).
He would also jump the fence and run around the neighborhood, sometimes pretty far away! He could find his way back but we would sometimes be told by people who knew our dog that they had seen him trotting down the sidewalk in another part of town. This was obviously not very safe but it was hard to stop him, he was a big dog and clever, not only could he jump high fences, he could also climb chain link fences and lattices.
Curiously, the day after we moved abroad (to live there several years), he was hit by a car and killed when he had jumped the fence and was going about town. Somehow I feel that he knew we had moved, perhaps he was looking for us. Or maybe that is my imagination.
Anyway, obviously pets would like to be inside with us, but they can be plenty happy outside, especially if they never get the experience of being inside to know what they are missing. That's my opinion, anyway.

I'd rather have an indoor cat or dog than an indoor bird, though. YUCK. I wouldn't want to inhale bird poop fumes in the air and get deposits in my lungs. I like birds... outside and from a distance.

And while I'm rambling on: My great-aunt and uncle who are now both dealing with Alzheimers (onset at the same time, perhaps it is their toxic house) have a pet dog they view almost as their child. He is inside their house most of the time. These days they don't properly clean their house and obviously never ventilate it. We went to visit them for a short while (not short enough!) and although they are nice people, it was torture being in that room because the air was thick and heavy with "dog" and dog urine too I suppose. None of us could hardly even breathe. There were hairs everywhere and even some roaches crawling on the carpet. It was disgusting and sad.
 

 
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