Does Anybody's Doodle Stay Outside?

[Discussing Labradoodles & Goldendoodles]

My mini doodle, Hank, is 12 weeks.  He stays outside in the courtyard during the day and only comes in at night to sleep in his crate.  He likes being outside where he can run and play which seems normal to me.  I was raised with outside dogs.  Hank is my first puppy on my own.  At first, I thought I would try to keep him inside, but the potty training got to be too much for me since I have a mobility impairment, and my reaction time is slower than normal.  He has never had an accident in his crate, doesn't cry at night, or need a potty break in the middle of the night.  Please don't think I'm a horrible person.  I love Hank as much as an inside dog owner.  Just wonder if anyone else has an all or primarily outside doodle?  Does anyone's doodle sleep outside?  If so, how does that work out for you?  Basically, I think I have one good puppy!  Just want to make things as happy for him (and me) as possible.  Thanks for any feedback or insight you have to share.  Hope I don't end up feeling guilty about considering having him sleep outside.  I really do love my puppy.  Honest.  I do.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Jennifer, We are never all going to agree on everything, but we certainly shouldn't stop trying to make a difference. I hope you start to feel better!

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Ditto Laurie!

[Jennifer and Jack]

:)

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

I'm coming back on to the radar here to say Thank you Jennifer!   Beautifully expressed. I have to be honest and say, I found the turn this discussion has taken really disturbed me. Not the advice and the passion --which I feel is right --but the name calling and the threats. To a disabled educated woman, who despite her challenges reached out for advice?  It's especially hard for me to respond on a day when so many of you have given me so much love and support, and I appreciate each and every one of you for it. I'm not perfect so I have to try and remember your wisdom, Jennifer:  you can be right and still be wrong. To Rebecca and the other newcomers, I hope you'll stay because I think you have something to add here.  

 

[BG and Gavin]

Just to be clear Laurie - the term troll is not a personal attack on Teri's character, it is this definition (curtesy of Urban Dictionary):

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	troll
	1a.  Noun - One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Call me a "mushroom" but I didn't know what a "troll" was except a troll.

[BG and Gavin]

Ok Cheryl "you're a mushroom!"  Just kidding!  Tough to keep up with all the new terms the "kids" are using ;)

Hugs to Finn.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Laurie, thanks for the first laugh I've had in this whole discussion :)  

It means someone who's "in the dark" because that's where mushrooms grow -- in dark shady places!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I didn't know either.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Yay F! C'mon over to the dark side!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I've been in the I didn't know dark side a long time : )

[Jennifer and Jack]

I had no idea either but I was not about to ask.