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Scott Compton Special user Hampton, VA 747 Posts |
This is addressed mostly to the northern folks. Down here in the south, when it gets cold, our local newscasters tell us to bring in our pets. But it is nowhere near as cold down here as it is up there. So, what do you people up north do? At what point do you bring your dogs and cats in, if at all?
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Regan Inner circle U.S.A. 5726 Posts |
Scott, this has been a brutal winter for my area. We have had many, many days of single-digit highs.....last month and this month. I have 18+" of snow around my house right now. (There are drifts of 24").
Anyway, I have a Pomeranian dog, and he stays outside 95% of the time. He is naturally equipped with a thick undercoat and a long outercoat, so he can take the cold pretty well. He loves to play in the snow. In fact, when he walks with me to care for the rabbits and doves he wallows in the snow so much he turns completely white! I have a large lot where he lives, and I built him a large, insulated doghouse. All 4 walls, the floor, and the roof are framed and insulated just like a house. He also has one of those thick, comfy fleece beds on the floor to lay and sleep on. The 5% of the time he stays indoors is spent in our basement in an extra large doggie carrier/crate. I only bring him in if it is really, really cold, or if he is not feeling well, etc. I have 2 Netherland Dwarf bunnies that stay outdoors most of the time too. I put some boxes that I fill with hay in their hutches during the winter. They burrow in the hay and do their own disappearing act. I have doves now also, and I was really concerned about them since this was my first winter with doves. I have them in cages inside an insulated building. I sealed the building up pretty well, and there are no drafts that can get to them. I also made window covers so I can cover the windows at night. I put in some heat lamps that I have been running almost constantly for the last couple of months. So far the doves have been fine. I think if they can survive this winter then I shouldn't have a problem! This has been a bad one....the worst we have had in a while. The building the doves are in stays at least 10 degrees warmer then the outside temperature. Plus, it is much warmer than that inside their cages near the lamps. The biggest problem is keeping all my pets watered. The water freezes pretty quickly when the temps are in in the teens or lower. I will certainly be glad when spring gets here! I'll bet my pets will be too! Regan
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
My dog is just five months old, and about two months ago (when this nasty winter first started) both the vet and my dog trainer told me to not let him eat snow.
Well, he's probably eaten about 200 lbs. worth of snow this winter, and it only caused a problem once. As far as the original topic goes: he's an indoor dog, so I haven't had to worry about it. He's also an Australian Terrier, which means he's a tough as nails little guy who can herd cattle, kill snakes, watch the baby, run a marathon, and kick back on the sofa with a six pack of beer. So he'd be OK if I kept him outside. But then I wouldn't have a drinking partner. |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
I leave mine outside in all weather. I never used to when it was alive.
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jazzy snazzy Inner circle run off by a mob of Villagers wielding 2109 Posts |
HaHaaa!
Do you still take him out for a drag every morning tommy?
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Regan
"It has been a brutal winter", but don't you live in the deep south?
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Regan Inner circle U.S.A. 5726 Posts |
Al, I am in the higher elevated...uh...south. I don't think it qualifies as "deep south". Although with this deep snow I guess it could be called the "deep south" right now!
Our elevation is 3500'+ so we get plenty of snow and cold temps during the winter. The schools around here get an exemption for the state's start-date-law, so they begin the school year the first week in August....about a month earlier than most schools in the state. They have used up all their days and then some. They are going to have to go on Saturdays or take the Spring Break days to make up missed days. Even with that school will not let out until sometime in June this year. I can remember a winter back in the 70s when it snowed every day for the entire month of January, and much of February. There was a mountainous, graveled road above my house that was state-maintained, but no one lived up it. They would scrape the roads with a big scraper, but the salt trucks would never go up it. We were thrilled because it was a great place to ride sleds. That year there were really deep piles of snow on each side of the road. The snow was compacted on the road itself and it was like a bobsled run! Me and my friends would ride sleds down it all the time. Heck, we missed so much school that we had to find something to do! We nearly killed ourselves, but man it was fun! It is not uncommon for us to get snow in October & November here, and of course December through February is usually the worst. We also get snow in March, April, and even May sometimes. The largest snow that came in the last 20 years came in March. That was back in the 90s and we got over 3' at our house! In the 80s I recall a snow of over 2' that came in April! Some of the old timers around here will tell you about the biggest snowstorm that ever hit the area. I'm not sure what year it was, but it occurred in May! My mother even remember's it. She was a little girl and remember's that the fence posts around their fields were completely covered. That must have been somewhere around a 4' snow, or maybe more. I've only seen flurries in May, and that is plenty for me at that time of year!
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Regan
I spent a lot of time in Charleston, Columbia, and Savana when I was a young man and you are talking about a southern state that I do not know of. Do you live in western North Carolina?
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Question seeems odd. Our dogs are inside dogs. They love outside and snow and all but live in general inside. I live in the South, but they are not Hound Dogs I should mention.
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MAKMagic Special user I got banned for one of my 555 Posts |
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On 2010-02-18 23:14, Scott Compton wrote: Duh, I just buy new ones.
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Regan Inner circle U.S.A. 5726 Posts |
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On 2010-02-19 10:40, Al Angello wrote: Yes, North-Western NC. High up in the Appalacian Mountains. I live very close to the North Carolina/Tennessee state line. We are a long ways from the cities in South Carolina and Georgia that you mentioned. We are as different to those cities as is night is to day. I am located kind of underneath one of the higher peaks in the Eastern United States. It is 6,285 elevation. It doesn't happen often, but snow flurries have been reported there even in the summer months of June, July and August. It is a beautiful sight when it freezes down! Of course the type of weather we have around here is certainly not indicative of the weather for most of the state. We are very unique in that regard.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
You live in Eric Rudolph country.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
In NYC the general practice is for people to keep their dogs indoors in a cramped studio apartment and then pay someone to walk them in the winter. The dogs are on a leash with 7 other dogs whose owners also do business with the dog walkers. As you walk down the sidewalk, facing the phalanx of dogs, it's no use dodging left or right--if the dogs don't get you, you will end up with a shoe full of presents.
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Scott Compton Special user Hampton, VA 747 Posts |
I have 2 rat terriers and when it gets cold we bring them inside. We live on a point on a lake and the wind is fierce at times.
Regan, although it has been a brutal winter, up north these temp would be normal, hence my question. Do you northerners bring yours in? Maybe they are too busy watching hockey...
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2010-02-19 19:17, Al Angello wrote: And I live in the city where Rudolph bombed a clinic. The police officer he killed, Robert "Sandy" Sanderson is buried next to my wife's parents. My dogs stay outside, but I bring them downstairs into the garage when the weather is bad. They always let me know when it is (by their definition). Too hot is as bad as too cold down here. Tommy, that was very funny!!
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Mike
I am not defending that crazy man's actions, but there are certain events that stand out in my memory, and I find it rather ironic that in the end Eric was dieing to be arrested.
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Dreadnought Special user Athens, Georgia 836 Posts |
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On 2010-02-19 11:56, Regan wrote: Yeah that area gets cold. Mountain phase for Ranger School is in Dahlonega, Georgia, during winter months it gets pretty brutal. Peace and Godspeed.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Most city people bring in their dogs for the night year round. Most bigger (and hairier) dogs are fine in insulated and properly sheltered doghouses. From what I've seen, farm dogs tend to sleep in barns even in the dead of winter.
John
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2010-02-20 08:30, Al Angello wrote: Hi Al, Yes, sir. I believe I knew that. I was just commenting probably because it hit close to home. I was off topic. Allow me sometime to share with you the irony of Mario Centobie, another crazy with an Alabama history. ~michael
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
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On 2010-02-19 23:50, Michael Baker wrote: Too hot can be much worse for most dogs.
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