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Rocky

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Too cold for dogs Archived from groups: rec>pets>dogs>behavior (more info?)

It would have been nice if the cold weather had blown in a huge dump of snow, but we got only a couple of inches. The official temperature is -32C/-26F, but the windchill makes it -50C. This is the coldest weather I've ever seen and it's supposed to last 4 more days before getting up to a balmy -10C. The dogs are out-and-then-in-real-fast today. I'm looking after a friend's Chihuahua for a few days and she didn't bring its jacket! Granted, it was a beautiful and sunny 0degC when she dropped him off. He pooped inside and I forgave him. -50! FerGawdSake. Thanks for listening. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

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Melinda Shore

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , Rocky wrote: >The dogs are out-and-then-in-real-fast today. I'm looking after >a friend's Chihuahua for a few days and she didn't bring its >jacket! Do right by the dogs and get a business opportunity! Pick up a few coats, rent 'em out. By way of context, here's how big, tough sleddogs - ones with a goal of running the Yukon Quest, where -40 is common - deal with a cold snap (with photos): http://wannabemusher.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-is-how-we-roll-at-nearl...0-below -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore DeleteThis @panix.com Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Rocky" wrote in message > It would have been nice if the cold weather had blown in a huge > dump of snow, but we got only a couple of inches. > > The official temperature is -32C/-26F, but the windchill makes > it -50C. This is the coldest weather I've ever seen and it's > supposed to last 4 more days before getting up to a balmy -10C. > > The dogs are out-and-then-in-real-fast today. I'm looking after > a friend's Chihuahua for a few days and she didn't bring its > jacket! Granted, it was a beautiful and sunny 0degC when she > dropped him off. He pooped inside and I forgave him. > > -50! FerGawdSake. Thanks for listening. It was FREAKING cold here over the weekend - but its passed on and is +10 F this AM. Hopefully its going your way. Pirate and Tok don't seem to care much but I don't let them stay out for long. >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Rocky" wrote in message snipped> > -50! FerGawdSake. Thanks for listening. > > -- > --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. My sympathies! Where is it that you live? After reading your post, I feel guilty for our own weather here. We are in a terrible drought here though. For those on city water, restrictions are at the highest level ever. But your arctic weather is surely bone-chilling. I hope none of your charges suffer from arthritis? My own bones ached just reading what you'd written. best, td >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Rocky" wrote in message: > The dogs are out-and-then-in-real-fast today. I'm looking after > a friend's Chihuahua for a few days and she didn't bring its > jacket! Poor little fella! If you can bring yourself to go out, get one of those battery operated heated socks, cut appropriate holes, and stick him in it. Hopefully, that'll be sufficient to keep him from freezing when he has to go do his bizness. Hope your crew stays healthy and no one get the runs during the cold spell. Suja >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

Julia Altshuler

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Rocky wrote: > > -50! FerGawdSake. Thanks for listening. The time I was in Calgary and it was -40 was the time I decided I didn't need to visit Calagary in the winter. I made an exception when my father-in-law died, but my resolution went back into effect after that. Thanks for the heads up. We need to call mother-in-law to check in on her. --Lia >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , Rocky wrote: > I'm looking after > a friend's Chihuahua for a few days and she didn't bring its > jacket! Granted, it was a beautiful and sunny 0degC when she > dropped him off. He pooped inside and I forgave him. > > -50! FerGawdSake. Thanks for listening. I'm suddenly not the least bit tempted to visit Calgary! -- Janet Boss www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

Melinda Shore

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , tiny dancer wrote: >My sympathies! Where is it that you live? After reading your post, I feel >guilty for our own weather here. We are in a terrible drought here though. It's a lot easier to get along in cold weather than it is in a drought. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore.TakeThisOut@panix.com Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

richard.schmidt74

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Jan 28, 7:05ï¿½pm, sh....RemoveThis@panix.com (Melinda Shore) wrote: > In article , > > tiny dancer wrote: > >My comment was perfectly clear, > > Only in the sense that the assertion "'normal' means > 'abnormal'" is perfectly clear. > > Writing classes. ï¿½There's no downside to them. > > >And your posting the weather for Orange County, N.C. has exactly what to do > >with me? > > 'Cause of those tricky microclimates right there in the > flatlands. ï¿½When was the last time you actually tried to > find climate data for your immediate location? ï¿½Would that > be "never?" > -- > ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - sh....RemoveThis@panix.com > > ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community It's Wake County, Wendell, NC to be exact. >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

Rocky

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Suja" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: > Hope your crew stays healthy and no one get the runs during > the cold spell. At least Maybe is learning than when she barks to go out, she "gets" to go out. It's not just fun'n'games out there today. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

Rocky

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"tiny dancer" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: > After reading your post, I feel > guilty for our own weather here. We are in a terrible > drought here though. You shouldn't. Extreme cold weather can go away quickly, droughts tend to linger. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

tiny dancer

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Rocky" wrote in message > "tiny dancer" said in > rec.pets.dogs.behavior: > >> After reading your post, I feel >> guilty for our own weather here. We are in a terrible >> drought here though. > > You shouldn't. Extreme cold weather can go away quickly, > droughts tend to linger. I simply meant temperature-wise. And yes, the drought has plagued over a year now. Landscaping businesses and nurseries have really been having a rough time of it. So many either going out of business or barely hanging on. I was surprised to read your post, because I had thought you lived on the western coast of Canada, and just assumed the weather would be similar to that of say the Seattle area. td > > -- > --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

Rocky

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Too cold for dogs [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"BethInAK" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: > It was FREAKING cold here over the weekend - but its passed > on and is +10 F this AM. Hopefully its going your way. Our weather is apparently a result of your weather meeting some southern weather ("Blame America"). The systems are meeting up right over my house right now and have decided to stay for much of the week. > Pirate and Tok don't seem to care much but I don't let them > stay out for long. My method has always been to go out with the dogs no matter what. The only concession I've made today is to send them out ahead of me while I put on the toque and ski gloves. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. >> Stay informed about: Too cold for dogs

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