Re: [pyrnet] How cold is too cold

[Suzanne C Bell <comer4@citcom.net>]

Dear Sheryl (and others),

I have had the same question. We just adopted a 3-year-old female, Sugar,
from a family who was "downsizing," and today, with about three inches of
snow, she only wants to be outside. When she's not running around (loving
the snow!), she wants to lie on the front porch, and she's there now
sleeping like a baby, curled up like she's in front of a fire. So, we've
wondered, is this her native preference for cold mountain weather coming
out? We live in the North Carolina mountains, not exactly the Pyrenees, but
... quite nice! Boy is she a wonderful addition to our family. She and one
of our other (two) dogs are loving and kissing each other all the time!

Thanks for any suggestions and responses.

Suzanne Bell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan and Sheryl Sutton" <dssutton@frontiernet.net>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: [pyrnet] How cold is too cold


> I have a 6 month old Great Pyrenees, named Jack.  Jack does not want to
> sleep indoors, and I am always worrying about him in the middle of night.
> It's starting to get very cold and I'm not sure what is considered too
cold
> for him.  He is on our breezeway in a crate so he's not exposed to the
> elements. His crate is well cushioned and I put two wool blankets over the
> top but I still worry and wish he would sleep inside with us. Regardless
of
> how hard I've tried to make that happen I always end up letting him out.
> I've tried bringing the crate inside, I've placed it in different areas of
> our home, some colder, some warmer.  Last night I even tried sleeping
> downstairs with him next to me but by 3:00 AM he was panting and crying so
> out he went.  (It was 20 degrees outside)  So I guess I need to know how
> cold does it have to be before it becomes dangerous for him to be out
there?
> Sheryl
>
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