My dogs are in my home with me, I have a kennel outside and a place to tie up a dog if need be. I use each option depending on what is going on. I don’t as a rule tie up a dog- but have been known to temporarily do so. Difference is I don’t think it is my business how others care for their dog unless I know it is being abused. As to far fetched ideas of dogs burning up in houses I have actually known it to happen twice. One of our friends had a little dog in the house and a big dog tied up outside when their house burned to the ground. They tried to get the little dog out of the house but it hid under the bed and burned up. Another time the dog burned up in the house while the owner was at work. It is not far fetched to say a dog may not be perfectly safe inside the home.
I never said it was my business. I said it was my opinion. And if you do a little online research about this incident, you'll find she was returning home from work when she found the business card; presumably the dog was tied up outside all day.
"As to far fetched ideas of dogs burning up in houses I have actually known it to happen twice."
And I can't begin to count the number of times I'm personally aware of where some ill has befallen a dog that was left tied and unsupervised. I'd bet if you ask around the employees and volunteers at your local shelters and animal rescue organizations, they'll know of far more dogs that have been killed or suffered great harm while tied up outside than have been killed in housefires of floods because they couldn't get out of a house.
I never said a dog would be "perfectly safe" in a house. Just that all things being equal, the dog will be safer inside. It seems to me that a responsible dog owner would want the safer of the two options. Maye you can think of a reason a responsible dog owner would want his dog in the more perilous situation. I can't.