Obedient setter's back inside house (8)
I believe the answer is:
domicile
'house' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'obedient setter's back inside' is the wordplay.
'obedient' becomes 'docile' ('docile' can be similar in meaning to 'obedient').
'setter's' becomes 'im' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'im' in reverse letter order is 'mi'.
'docile' enclosing 'mi' is 'DOMICILE'.
(Other definitions for domicile that I've seen before include "Country of residence" , "A person's place of residence" , "A person's principal home" , "Legal place of residence" , "Permanent legal residence" .)