That’s nice you live on the water! But I’m sorry some people ruined it :/ going downtown sounds fun though. And that was nice of your husband.
Yeah, our animals all have homes for life too. I don’t get people that are so quick to just get rid of animals. Unless maybe it’s like an emergency or something but most of the cases aren’t. And personally I prefer to work through any problem(s) haha but oh wow that sounds amazing!! I actually kinda like runs and thought about making an in ground tether system for dogs before since our yard isn’t fenced. Though we’re hopefully working on it ha but the runs work too. Same idea. But anyway, a lot of people think tethering is cruel or animal abuse or something and I used to somewhat think similar or at least just didn’t really know much about it but honestly it’s way more room. They have a huge circle/circumference that ends up being way more room than some chain link kennel or crate or even an entire room in the house, all of which are supposedly way more “humane.” Well I kind of think freedom is more humane haha if you had to choose an option. Of course all our dogs are indoor dogs and pets with free run of the house and yard but if I had to have an outside dog, I would go to a tether immediately. Or even just for during the day. I’ve seen dogs who would jump fences or whatever be tethered during the day and brought in at night. And the dog was way happier cause it got to be outside all day whereas without the tether it wouldn’t have been able to be because without supervision, it scaled fences, even 6 foot wooden ones, and even being older, and they couldn’t supervise it all the time. So he could either be miserable inside or be happy outside but safely tethered in the yard. I think as long as they have shelter to get out of the elements and the heat or cold and have food and water and as long as their tether area is kept clean and nothing to get tangled on, it is perfectly humane. It’s when people provide no shelter or food or water that’s the problem. Sounds like your dogs have a very good life. And aww well that stuff could probably be worked on and fixed tbh!!
Still older! 
