Is it ever a good idea to leave your dog outside with a kennel for shelter when you're not in? Obviously providing they are safe, have enough water and shelter.
We have a doberman/lurcher x puppy. She is nearly 5 months old. She loves being outside, spends most of her time there when we are in. When we are out she is crated although working on her stopping in the kitchen in a few weeks when we are out with use of a baby gate.
I think she would be fine left outside, with kennel during the day, nobody can get to her, our garden is very secure. DH is dead set against this though. She is a big dog and I think she would enjoy the space to run around in. She is left maximum of 2 hours a day when I go to work.
Growing up, we had dogs and they were left outside in the summer, but I did live abroad so different environment. DH has never left a dog outside, but his parents garden was not secure enough to do so.