Dogs and the cold?

[langouroux 14]

Hello boys and girls,

 

A friend and I have an onging debate, and I wanted to know what you lot do in the extreme cold that we have had? My dogs live in my porch there isn’t any heating out there. And in the -10 weather we have had I put a heater out there to keep them warm. My mate reckons I am being soft…… But they’re not husky’s !!!

 

If your dogs are kenneled do you make any extra effort to keep them warm?

 

My mate has his dogs in the garage, and my argument is that dogs find it difficult to keep weight on the cold…at least mine do anyway.

 

If your dogs are kenneled do you make any extra effort to keep them warm?

 

Am I just being soft?

 

Happy hunting

 

Langouroux

[hunter73 1]

most use heat lamps / or dog coats & beds off the floor mate no dog likes being in a draft

[langouroux 14]

heat lamp! didnt think of that! i've got one of those for the chicks....that i never bothered hatching! hahha

 

thanks mate good idea!

[airbourne 128]

Mine in the kitchen they got a better life than me

[redial 81]

can you run a heat lamp off a battery ?

[robo-christ 40]

mine live out 2 kenneled and one chained, i just keep them and theyre bedding dry and housing dry and draft free,if they are losing weight up the feed.

 

no problems so far if it gets below about -15 for any long period they will come in the house until it warms up.

imo the most important thing is definitely to keep them dry.

[kevin from bristol 95]

if there outside and theres a few together in a kennel they should be fine ,on there own they will need some sort of heat if there out side best to keep all your animals warm in these cold spats you never know and loseing one to the cold would be plain stupid

[poacher9991 10]

mine get coated up all my boxes are of the ground

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Give em the best you can.....

 

 

 

Mine are in draught free boxs with pleaty of bedding, That mine sorted always up the food and fat content in there food cause if a dog is shivering in its box the weight/condition will fall off it.........

[x38 179]

heat lamp! didnt think of that! i've got one of those for the chicks....that i never bothered hatching! hahha

 

thanks mate good idea!

 

:thumbs:

[compostman 115]

heat lamps do thay cost a lot to run,say there on 24 hours a day when the electric bill cumes in will it be much more,

[chimp 299]

after seeing some pics of a certain american chaps dogs (that look more then happy) i would say some might be a bit too soft .

 

i coat up if it goes minus 2

[salclalin 240]

heat lamps do thay cost a lot to run,say there on 24 hours a day when the electric bill cumes in will it be much more,

What's more Important.The Welfare of the Dog or a Few extra Quid on the Electric Bill?

[robo-christ 40]

does having a heat lamp,underfloor heating etc etc really improve a dogs performance and health?

 

apart from keeping a closer eye on my dogs and upping the feed i havent done anything different and they are performing fine and look in fine condition.