LGD Owners - Would you be concerned if...

[Beekissed]

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In case you didn't know, dogs are warm blooded animals that feel cold, heat, and pain...just like you do.

I think BF is well aware of that...and has animals he takes care of as diligently as the best of pet owners. What he is saying is that dogs have~ particularly GPs~ thick coats of hair designed for outdoor living. They don't, in fact, feel cold just like we do...they are dressed for the weather as we could never be unless one of us has a thick coat of hair all over our entire bodies. I know I don't!

 

[cafarmgirl]

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In case you didn't know, dogs are warm blooded animals that feel cold, heat, and pain...just like you do.

I think BF is well aware of that...and has animals he takes care of as diligently as the best of pet owners. What he is saying is that dogs have~ particularly GPs~ thick coats of hair designed for outdoor living. They don't, in fact, feel cold just like we do...they are dressed for the weather as we could never be unless one of us has a thick coat of hair all over our entire bodies. I know I don't!

x2. Even a youngster, given a good house, a place to get in out of the wind/rain, whatever, will be fine. Our ranch dogs have always been outdoor dogs, a good dog house, stuffed with hay in winter and they're fine.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

LyonFuzz wrote:
Bear Foot Farm wrote:
He's a dog.

He will be fine
In case you didn't know, dogs are warm blooded animals that feel cold, heat, and pain...just like you do.

In case YOU don't know, most of the LGD breeds were developed in the mountains of Italy and bred for a couple of thousand years to be able to withstand EXTREME cold temperatures.

They have a dense under coat, and a long outer coat that protects them from cold, wind, and water
They are so well insulated that snow will pile up on thier backs because they don't radiate enough body heat to melt it.

They suffer far more from heat than they do from cold​