BWillie |
01-14-2017 05:50 PM |
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Originally Posted by Halfcan
(Post 12681522)
You keep you dog out in the cold?
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I always get a kick out of people who rant like crazy on social media about people who leave their dogs out in the 25 degree cold. It's a direct decedent of wolves, coyotes, and foxes. Why don't they mention the horror they feel when they see a coyote roaming about in snow covered field? Anatomically they are virtually the same.
They are fine. They always have been. They are built for the cold. Up to you if your dog is an indoor or outdoor dog. Either way, they will be fine. But most people, especially city dwellers, don't see it that way.
I've always lived in a city, but my step mother's side of the family is all rural and farmers. Most of them have dogs, and they kept them outdoors almost all the time. They would run them everyday. Feed them, let them loose to play etc. The dogs were fine. I was stunned when I got to be a teenager and realized that this was definitely more rare than keeping them inside.
Honestly, I don't understand why people keep medium to large size dogs in a house in the first place. I think it's very strange. I like dogs, but they stink up everything they lay on and will destroy your house. I get having a hunting dog and/or to run around on the farm, but no clue why someone would want a full grown lab, great dane or something laying in their bed or couch slobbering on everything making everything amuck. But dogs outside? They are awesome to play with, run around with, play fetch, hunt with, swim with, etc. But to each their own.
The cold feels like complete shit to us because we have skin instead of a fur coat (duh), but some people need to be reminded that animals fare just fine outside. All the time if need to be.
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