Our house faces north, so the back yard is of course on the south. We have several south windows, but a large enough porch that the sun never really shines in except in winter. Our male dachshund loves to lie in the sunbeam on the carpet in the living room. In the earlier part of the day, the sunbeams are pretty blocked from the bedroom part of the house, but afternoon sun is much better in a dogs view. Right now the Christmas tree is blocking some of his sunbeams. Later in the afternoon the sun will come in from more windows in the kitchen's informal dining room - plant nursery.
He is not happy with just a partial sunbeam, but it will do for now.
The good news is he is not spoiled at all.