Aside from protecting them from cold weather, there's another reason to let your dogs sleep inside at night: it is also a major deterrent to criminals.
Dr. Rudolph Zinn from UNISA’s School of Criminal Justice conducted research into understanding and preventing house robbery in South Africa. Based on in-depth interviews with convicted robbers, he found that:
Dogs sleeping inside the house is the #1 deterrent to crime, ahead of electric fences, detection beams and CCTV.
Many animals who live outside get killed, hit, cut, poisoned during or prior to robberies, so keep them inside for your safety and theirs.
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