Colleague of mine wanted to go for a walk this morning, so I went with him and brought our dog, nice start to the day.
Also - our dog has bone from being a nightmare in the dog yard - to be a blessing.
He can now spend many hours out there without causing issues.
We live in a row of houses (like a horse shoe), and his dog yard is in the middle of all the houses, so it's very nice that he can be out there now without stressing me out with howling and being erratic. Now he just chills and enjoys it.
This makes it much easier for us - since now he can be there instead of always having to bring him with ut (he destroyed his indoor crate some time ago, and after that I decided to train him on being outside when we cannot bring him with us).
So - the investment of the dog yard is paying off :)