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 Posted: 01/06/04 - 09:33 Post subject: Extreme Cold and dogs
This morning our weather in WI is: -3°F
Fair Feels Like
-23°F
UV Index: 0 Minimal
Dew Point: -10°F
Humidity: 66%
Visibility: Unlimited
Pressure: 30.25 inches and falling
Wind: From the Southwest at 15 gusting to 18 mph
I let my dog out and she would not go to the bathroom. she just keep coming right back in. I feel bad for her but she has to suck it up for a minute just to go. I don't know what else to do. I know she suffers from frostbite on one of her paws so I put the muttluks on her but even then she just wouldn't go. Today is going to be a long day for her. 
What do you do to help you friend out in times like these?
Here she is enjoying the summer months. 
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 09:41 Post subject:
We used to put the littlle muckluck things on our dog's feet when I lived in Wisconsin. However, that dog loved the cold, so there were not any problems. Is it the cold, or snow/ice that bothers her?
I have the same problem with mine now and rain, so I can empathize. Good luck!
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 10:00 Post subject:
Never had that problem. My beagle used to rush out, squat and be done in record time in that kind of weather. And then she would quickly resume her winter-time position of guarding the fire in the fireplace. The two german shepards were outside dogs who didn't come in the house until it was sub-zero. The female shepard loved it inside - the male couldn't wait to go back outside to continue his never-ending quest to find a way out of his pen.
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 10:04 Post subject:
Well she loves the cold and the snow. When I shovel the driveway, I throw the snow up in the air and she jumps up after it, doing flips and having a great time. If I were to have grabbed the dummy for fetch she would have been out there in a heartbeat. But when doing her duties in the morning or at night she has been catering to her left hind paw.
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 10:57 Post subject:
I put him out in the kenel this morning...he has a doghouse, so he's at least out of the wind. I'm going home for my prep time, and I'm gonna let him back in the house.
It's frigid out there! 
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 13:53 Post subject:
Here's pippi moments after being let back in this morning...SHE. WAS. FREEZING.
Poor girl...she has no hair too! (but like the good dog that she is, she did her duties).
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 14:47 Post subject: Re: Extreme Cold and dogs
| Running Brewer wrote: | | What do you do to help you friend out in times like these? |
As a devoted and loving dog owner, you do what must be done: put her in the car and drive south until it gets warm enough to suit her. Gee, was it that tough of a problem? 
My sheltie will just lie down in the snow and wait for something to happen. It saves on gasoline.
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 14:59 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | Never had that problem. My beagle used to rush out, squat and be done in record time in that kind of weather. And then she would quickly resume her winter-time position of guarding the fire in the fireplace. The two german shepards were outside dogs who didn't come in the house until it was sub-zero. The female shepard loved it inside - the male couldn't wait to go back outside to continue his never-ending quest to find a way out of his pen. |
sounds like my beagle, but she does an obligatory point at what appears to be nothing and then heads back for shelter. she gets difficult in the rain, though.
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 15:05 Post subject:
| shelee wrote: | | robp wrote: | | Never had that problem. My beagle used to rush out, squat and be done in record time in that kind of weather. And then she would quickly resume her winter-time position of guarding the fire in the fireplace. The two german shepards were outside dogs who didn't come in the house until it was sub-zero. The female shepard loved it inside - the male couldn't wait to go back outside to continue his never-ending quest to find a way out of his pen. |
sounds like my beagle, but she does an obligatory point at what appears to be nothing and then heads back for shelter. she gets difficult in the rain, though. |
Yeah mine disliked rain a lot also. My beagle wasn't much for an obligatory point but if there was something dead within 100 yds she'd sniff it out and make a beeline for it. Those Survivor folks got nothin' on ol' Sparky when it comes to eating disgusting stuff.
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 15:46 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | shelee wrote: | | robp wrote: | | Never had that problem. My beagle used to rush out, squat and be done in record time in that kind of weather. And then she would quickly resume her winter-time position of guarding the fire in the fireplace. The two german shepards were outside dogs who didn't come in the house until it was sub-zero. The female shepard loved it inside - the male couldn't wait to go back outside to continue his never-ending quest to find a way out of his pen. |
sounds like my beagle, but she does an obligatory point at what appears to be nothing and then heads back for shelter. she gets difficult in the rain, though. |
Yeah mine disliked rain a lot also. My beagle wasn't much for an obligatory point but if there was something dead within 100 yds she'd sniff it out and make a beeline for it. Those Survivor folks got nothin' on ol' Sparky when it comes to eating disgusting stuff. |
it's true, rob. and i dont' think anyone could understand the beagle disgusting stuff attraction unless one actually owns/ed one. her nose is all but attached to the ground and her mouth isn't far behind, eating whatever "smells" interesting.
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 15:55 Post subject:
| shelee wrote: |
it's true, rob. and i dont' think anyone could understand the beagle disgusting stuff attraction unless one actually owns/ed one. her nose is all but attached to the ground and her mouth isn't far behind, eating whatever "smells" interesting. |
This is why Mrs. coach gets so frustrated with our beagle. Every time you take him off the leash...he's gone. Kinda like Chevy Chase's dog in "Funny Farm".(don't watch it)
That sniffer is a powerful thing on them beagles.
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 16:21 Post subject:
| shelee wrote: |
it's true, rob. and i dont' think anyone could understand the beagle disgusting stuff attraction unless one actually owns/ed one. her nose is all but attached to the ground and her mouth isn't far behind, eating whatever "smells" interesting. |
Items my dearly departed Sparky thought "smelled interesting" and therefore chose to dine upon: flattened road-killed skunk, fish carcasses that had been buried for three days under a foot of dirt (she dug them up and ate them!), approximately 2 qts of vegetable oil I left in a humongous frying pan on the ground after frying a whole bunch of fish on outside fireplace, rabbit guts from a freshly cleaned rabbit, pickled pigs feet that a former neighbor used to heave into the woods behind the house, various dead or live critters she used to find.... the neighbors jack russel used to kill baby rabbits and bring them over for her to eat 
The fish carcass episode cost me around $200 in vet bills due to infections in her stomach lining from the bones.... the vegetable oil incident resulted in her hurling in three different rooms of the house... the rabbit guts escapade caused her to hurl almost on my mom's feet... the road kill skunk caper was the source of much consternation on my part trying to locate the friggin' skunk smell emanating from our backyard for three days.... yes Sparky was a wonderful dog....
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Posted: 01/06/04 - 16:25 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | shelee wrote: |
it's true, rob. and i dont' think anyone could understand the beagle disgusting stuff attraction unless one actually owns/ed one. her nose is all but attached to the ground and her mouth isn't far behind, eating whatever "smells" interesting. |
Items my dearly departed Sparky thought "smelled interesting" and therefore chose to dine upon: flattened road-killed skunk, fish carcasses that had been buried for three days under a foot of dirt (she dug them up and ate them!), approximately 2 qts of vegetable oil I left in a humongous frying pan on the ground after frying a whole bunch of fish on outside fireplace, rabbit guts from a freshly cleaned rabbit, pickled pigs feet that a former neighbor used to heave into the woods behind the house, various dead or live critters she used to find.... the neighbors jack russel used to kill baby rabbits and bring them over for her to eat
The fish carcass episode cost me around $200 in vet bills due to infections in her stomach lining from the bones.... the vegetable oil incident resulted in her hurling in three different rooms of the house... the rabbit guts escapade caused her to hurl almost on my mom's feet... the road kill skunk caper was the source of much consternation on my part trying to locate the friggin' skunk smell emanating from our backyard for three days.... yes Sparky was a wonderful dog.... |
Gee.... how'd she die? 
I've considered getting a beagle lately but you guys have talked me right out of it!!
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