I own two dogs a springer and a weim, and my dogs are part of our family. They sleep in the kitchen - unless they are chasing daddy up stairs!!! My dogs are my babies, and treated accordingly, they are allowed everywhere in the house... My springer is 10 years old, and my weim is almost 3.... I allow my dogs to have a litter or two before having the ‘Op’, I will not let my dogs have more than 2 litters, they are family pets first.