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Energy companies here: you dont have to heat your house to 70 We set our house at 66 and my dogs have all been fine. And my dogs have also all loved the snow. They run around like mad and roll in the snow and they spread snow all over when they get inside. Of course when theyre covered with snow, they want to sit on your lap even if theyre a 110 lb mastiff (Previous dog). Which is why this chart just made no sense to me and I wondered if it’s where I am or if theyre just off. Sounds like it’s a combination of: it’s dog dependent but they’re off in saying 10 is life threatening. Nice part of dogs and cold weather: dog shit freezes so it’s easy to scoop and throw into the woods. And the cold keeps the smell down. Bad part: if the dog shits on the shoveled sidewalk, it freezes to the sidewalk and has to be chiseled off. |
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Going to be my first winter with a dog , Shih-poo will let you know what his no go temp is so far no issues at 0 celcius with rain, supposed to hit -12 this week.
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Is everyone missing the key that says
-1 if heavy or thick coat -1 if acclimated to cold |
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Pocket hand warmers - that's my newest discovery. Don't go for a walk anymore without them in my pocket. Found them in online pharmacy few month ago and next time will order a whole box probably. Works even better if you put those inside your gloves. |
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I called their regional and asked if he could "send out a couple." He said no problem. About a week later, a freight truck pulled up and the guy unloads two fricken pallets of product. I'm looking at these things going, WTF am I supposed to do with this! I was expecting a big box of each, not a pallet of each. I had to wrangle those bulky bastards into my garage. I saved plenty for giveaways, gave a bunch to stores. Every swinging dick I knew was loaded up with them and I still had a ton. I finally ended up donating them to a shelter for the homeless and by God, I could once again fit two vehicles into my garage. I wish I could say that was the only time that happened. The same thing happened with Mothers wax, Seafoam and crap oh dear, blue shop towels. I was out of town and I got a panicked call from my wife. She said "your shop towels giveaways just arrived, what am I supposed to do with them?" I thought that was a weird question and said "just put them into the garage." Se said, you don't understand!" I got home and that load had to have taken up most of the UPS truck, case after case of towels. Once again, I was expecting a couple of cases, not enough to fill up a distribution center.:drool: |
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Hell my dad's shepherd would come down stairs and scratch on the door right when he was first starting to get a seizure. Sometimes he'd still be talking normal when we got there and then he'd stare off and we knew. I became one of those people. It may not be a human life but my two dogs are lives I'm responsible for. I hope I never become the kind of person that judges the value of a life based on how much money they cost... |
We have a Rhodesian Ridgeback. It whimpers if it's anything less than 72 degrees in here.
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Interesting chart. Tufts University has one of the finer vet schools in the world (https://www.vetport.com/which-veterinary-school-is-best), speaking as a proud faculty member at UC Davis, whose Vet School often is called the best. ;)
We're on our 4th Samoyed, having run with them in Chicago and in Davis. As a Northern Breed, they are pretty hearty against the cold. Davis doesn't get anywhere close to cold enough to be worrisome for them, but when we had Laska and Koko in Chicago, they enjoyed the cold weather in Chicago. That chart looks fairly reasonable to me, though. Note, you can subtract two points for an acclimated Northern Breed. For myself, for most of my adulthood, when it was 40 degrees or so, I would put gloves on and just run in a short sleeve regular weight jogging shirt and shorts. However, during the pandemic, I've lost a third of my body mass via longer and more frequent jogs and better diet, having gone from 285 pounds down to about 190. Now, when it's 40 degrees, I prefer long sleeves and warmer fabrics. I also have to wear sweaters and jackets more lately just during the day, just to fight the chill, something I didn't have to do when I was heavier. |
I think I found the limit for my dog, at least for now. We’ve had an early cold snap. It hit 0 today and is forecast to be colder tomorrow. My regular wood guy has been swamped so he’s set to bring wood in a few weeks but I need some now so I got some rounds from a friend and spent this morning splitting wood at -10. My dog ran around for 45 minutes while loading up the truck and doing all kinds of stuff. We got home and I started splitting the wood. After about 10 minutes, he started barking, clearly wanting inside. Later, he went walking with me when it was about -5 or so. We walked to almost 2 miles. Took about 40 minutes and he was fine but I did notice that at the end he was lifting one leg at a time for a few seconds before putting it down and lifting another leg. So I estimate that at about -5 or -10, he has about 45 minutes outside. As he gets older, that may change but: 1) that’s good info for now, and 2) it’s world ways from 10 above being life threatening and keeping him inside.
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