I have had dogs my whole life. I can not even imagine a life without a dog in it. I have never had an “outdoor dog”, so to speak. My dogs have always been part of the family and come and go, in and out of the house. (With a fenced yard of course). Saying that, I have always had a dog house outside for my dogs to use. Use it they did, between napping, chewing bones and just resting. I think they like having something that was theirs.