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My roommate's dog, who is a born and raised Southern Californian, shivers even in the house with multiple blankets if it's below 60. Kind of like me. We huddle together while everyone else rolls our eyes and tells us it's not cold
P.S. Jennifer, my friend's grandparents live in Fairbanks, AK. Last winter it got down to -57F. -57F! Who purposefully lives there?!
We are at 14F right now and falling. Yes it is cold. We are thinking even with the sun tomorrow, it'll be a laundry room day...I leave at 7am and it will probably only be 5F or so. Even with the winter coat, she is only 8 months old and hasn't seen this before.
My WS has never gotten cold in 10 years even after swimming but again those are warm days of at least 32F. As a matter of fact I sometimes wonder if the water makes a difference. One of my kids did a science project with his undercoat. He had people decide if the fur was waterproof and then he let them test it. Pouring water on it; the water did not soak through also had people submerge it and pull it apart to find the center still dry.
Of course harvesting the undercoat was really difficult to do; I thought I would never catch one of those damn tumbleweeds blowing through the house.
At 5f and her being 8 months old I would agree that the laundry room would be a good idea! Can you leave her with a frozen kong or other toys to keep her busy since her normal routine will be changed?
My husky is waterproof too, it is really hard to get his undercoat wet, dirt, water, and all other sorts of muck just don't stick to his coat. We call it teflon fur.
The other two get wet and muddy much more easily they also take longer to dry despite their much shorter single layer coats.
I honestly think Yote's undercoat would make lovely yarn, it is so soft and silky and probably very warm. But I am not crazy enough to wear a sweater made of my dog.
Maggie (8 month old) definitely stayed in the laundry room today. I think the high was only 13F... She's well behaved in there, and had a treat ball full of frozen goodies.
She likes the laundry room compared to the crate for long periods.
I had a friend who made a hat out of wool yarn from her dog. My dog went nuts sniffing it when she took it off- it was pretty funny.
Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004
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I live in Virginia and mine can't stand to be in the house during the winter, Mrs Jones keeps it too hot, it's purely psychological, I have calibrated thermostats that read 70 degrees everywhere in the house but she looks outside and sees gray and rain so she jacks the heat up
One of mine spends the day outside in his kennel unless it is bitter cold - like below 5 degrees with a bitter wind. He has a well insulated house with plenty of bedding and does just fine.
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