Where I live I could certainly keep my dog out part of the year, but one of the drawbacks of a short coated breed is lack of cold tolerance. Just can't make the fur longer and more dense on a breed that doesn't have it.
Cameron that is so true. I am unclear on if your dog and yourself do SAR work, the comment about responding to an avalanche and high angle rescue made me wonder. I see you are a climber.
Dog clothing or not...if your dog will not go outside at 35 degrees, I would not expect the dog to work effectivly for extended periods of time in cold weather. A suitable breed and proper acclimtization to temps that the dog is expected to work in would be key.
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England used to be a fine place to live some years ago, but no so much now, things change and not always for the best
Saying that Belgium is much the same as England apart from being a lot more expensive to live here, one third higher than England
Otherwise its not a bad place to live,
The Belgian people over here keep to there own Family circles more than other places i know, but most are very nice and helpful however when i moved over i said this would be my final move and it will be.
I have all the interests i want, My other hobby in the Pigeon Sport racing against all Europe in Long Distance Races to Barcelona
and The Schutzhund Dog Training Clubs, where we are made welcome and treated as one of there own, Cannot ask for more than that
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Cameron that is so true. I am unclear on if your dog and yourself do SAR work, the comment about responding to an avalanche and high angle rescue made me wonder. I see you are a climber.
I live and work in the south now. If I am up north for any reason, my Boxer will go with me and keep a spot reserved for me in front of the fire while I tramp around in the snow with a friend of mine and his second dog that I have worked with in the past. I doubt I will be able to make her go to the bathroom in snow let alone work ;-)
No, I was probably unclear in my post. If I were moving back north, or doing colder searches, I would have a dog better suited for it. As I live and work in the south, a short coated dog is fine in the heat we have 90% of the time, and the coat gets her by in the short chilly seasons we experience.
When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Cameron, what team are you on in SC? I am on SCSARDA in the upstate. Don't know anybody in the area who has done rapelling in the area or much call for it since we have limited mountains........ though I think some folks in Foothills team may be getting involved in that.
We have a few folks with high angle training separate from K9 work but we are not utilized for rescue, just for search.
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I'm not yet. I moved down here not too long ago, and shortly after moving I had a knee injury on the job. Surgery was two weeks ago, so I have some time recovering now. I've gotten in touch with a group upstate recently that does some tech rescue as well as other things. I admit that I find the lack of mountains discouraging but it has given me time to work on diving I've heard of SCSARDA, nice to meet someone from that group!
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I have a ruffwear coat for my boxer and it fits great. That said, none of my boxers have liked wearing coats. Even when I lived in Minnesota and my father kept our boxer in the garage.
If I put the coat on the dog just stands there miserable and walks in stiff baby steps. Just seeing the coat makes her face go all pathetic looking.
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but it has given me time to work on diving 
I've heard of SCSARDA, nice to meet someone from that group!
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