Agree. I have seen a lot of crates being used as homes. Some bulldog videos, but mostly just riding up and down the road. Once a dog is penned or chained the obligation to provide adequate housing/set up is paramount. Mostly because it is the only choice for the dog.

The flip side is we have a 12 year old Beagle that runs loose on the yard. My wife bought him a really nice, double walled, insulated Igloo style dog house. The hay is changed out regularly. It sits in the shade of an oak tree. It has a pretty good view of the going ons of the our house/drive way. He may have slept in it five times in as many years. Under the car, a scratched out spot in the flower bed, nestled in the pine straw in the woods. Anywhere but in the expensive ass house.

But he has options. Bulldogs do not. So that makes kenneling/housing/chain set ups a big factor in owning dogs.

If the original post showed a dog on a long term spot I could see the uproar. But that is a fresh green grass covere spot. It is no permanent spot at the point of the picture. It looked more like a tie out to take a picture than anything.

But at the end of the day, " His monkey, His circus".

EWO