The few examples of working dogs I have seen in NZ live in pretty shit conditions if you ask me. They are often kept in kennels the entire time they are not working with a tiny little run. That’s now how dogs are meant to live and I feel so bad for them.

You could easily be describing most farm dogs. I think dogs having a small run and a kennel, where they spend most of there time, and getting to go for regular runs is just fine. If you compare this to pigs, then then a track dogs life starts to look pretty good. But we are not banning piggeries are we!

I’ve never met a farmer who didn’t give their dogs a large area to roam, with the exception of when the girls are in heat. Yeah, only two of my mates let their farm dogs into the house, but it’s not fair to make blanket statements.