I kept my best friend in the house for 7 years, just so happens she was lab, she literally showered slept and ate and traveled everywhere with me, i lost her almost a year ago and I still think about her daily, she was the perfect dog.......thats another story.
When We get a new puppy or puppies i keep em inside a week or two kinda to bond with the family i guess then they move to the back porch where they have access to roam the yard, once they start roamin off my little 2 acre property they get put in a kennel then to a chain around 7mths.
Sorry about your loss Justin. I lost my girl roxy a few months ago, I still tear up every now and then when I look around the yard and know I won't see her.
