I'm wondering if anyone has information about service dog training, and if it would ever require a dog being left outside in a caged area for days on end in this cold? There is a house in South Windsor with a fenced-in area in their front yard and a large black dog in it. He has a dog house but he's never in it, always laying by the gate to be let out or pacing around. During the "polar vortex" when it was 40 below, he was left outside. The owners recently put a sign up on the cage saying "Service dog in training, do not pet, under video surveillance". Just wondering if this could actually be true or if these people just don't want anyone bothering them about being cruel. It breaks my heart every time I go by and see him standing by the gate.

PS - I have contacted the humane society and not heard back from them.