Dog owners - Does your dog sleep outside at night?

Question

We live in Queensland, Australia. It doesn’t snow where we live but it still gets cold in winter (occasionally down to 0°C or 32°F) during the night. We have a 5-month-old Staffy who we both love sooo much. 
My partner says that when it warms up he wants her to sleep outside and then predominately be an outside dog (even during the cold nights). Of course she will have an amazing kennel to protect her from the weather, but it just seems so cruel to me to kick her outside while we stay inside. 
I really don’t want her sleeping outside!!! 
What are your thoughts?

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Dogs are pack animals, so I wouldn’t recommend putting the dog outside by himself just to sleep. Being on their own can cause depression and ultimately bad behaviour. This doesn’t mean you can’t have an ‘outdoors’ dog, but generally outdoor dogs have other dogs with them or they are outside most of the day with humans.

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Too often people puts dogs outside because they don’t want to put in the work of training a dog. 
I find that indoor dogs are more well-behaved. Their owners have taken the time to socialize them and obedience train them. Honestly it’s like socializing a child sometimes. You have to be consistent and patient. 
Not sure of your partner’s reasons for wanting the dog outside. Just because a dog is in the house doesn’t mean it has to be everywhere, like it doesn’t have to be in the bedroom or sleeping on the bed with you.

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I will never understand why people that keep their dogs outside even have dogs.

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Never never would I do that! My dog is a diva anyway and needs to be close to us, especially at night, no matter the temperature.

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I’d never want our dogs to sleep outside!! They’re my babies our dog Layla has her own couch( we found it on the side of the road and it was pretty nice so we took it & she’s claimed it now) some people do it but I just wouldn’t want that for ours

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When we had just the one dog he was inside most the time but only was outside when we were gone during the day, unless it was really hot or bad weather. But always slept inside regardless of weather. We got a 5 month old puppy to keep him company because he’s always been around other dogs and was starting to act depressed. With the weather being nice they’ve stayed outside all day and some nights too because they get hot in the house, they’re German shepherds. Now that it’s going to start hitting 100 degrees here during the day we let them inside during the day and if we are gone they have a pool with water to cool off in. 
If your hubby wants the dog to be an outside only dog you need a second one.

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My German Shepherd has never slept outside. That’s just mean.

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My dog sleeps in bed with me and hubby.

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Yes she loves to sleep outside during the hot summer nights. She goes out and if we want to take her in she just doesn't want it!😩😂

Dog owners - Does your dog sleep outside at night?

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