I got a good sized house. My dogs spend all day in the same 10 sqft that I am. I got a huge back yard. I take them out and they want to come back in shortly afterwards. Most dogs in my experience don't make use of sqft aside from my personal space and right nearby.
If they like fetch having some room to do that somewhere can be useful but none of my dogs do. Walking outside their home makes a big difference to them. The dogs in small apartments have it the best because their owner has to walk them vs being let out into the same boring fenced yard. A larger fenced yard is better than a smaller one, but doesn't hold a candle to walks.
Maybe it's more likely for herding breeds or independent breeds or so much goddamn energy breeds to make use of space. I just have mostly not seen it as the owner of German Shepherds, Rottweilers, Great Danes, Saint Bernards, and generally larger dogs.
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