Cold Temps to take precaution

[muddinram2duck]

This will be the second night in a row that my pups will be brought inside the house to sleep in a crate. I have always used the magic number of 25 deg F to determine if they need to be brought in to house, garage, laundry room. What is the consensus out there? Mine are Labs by the way..

Mudd

[Warren]

mine came in lastnight and she will be in the house tonight she is actually asleep under the christmas tree as i type

[Damn_It_Boy]

Better keep them out of the water on a dry stand as well. In these temps the dogs need to get the duck, and get back on a dry something asap. Do not let your dog stand in cold water. Do not let your dog go on extended hunts in cold swimming water.

Mud........my dogs are always inside, that's why Roc is such a "BEARDED CLAM" in cold weather.......

[goosebruce]

da juice comes in any night its close to cold. Heck I even picked him up off the 4 wheeler and sat him down in da pit box the other day to keep him dry till its time. Rowdydogg is in house every day and night, no matter what or when. Its got to get booty numbing cold to bring the heatherns in though, like the last 2 nights. As long as their dog houses can get out of the wind, and its dry, I think dogs are warmer than you think. But a windy or wet night, I'll put them on the truck or in the dog food room in crates, no reason to make a dog even close to miserable. travis

[GulfCoast]

If its too cold or too hot for ME to sleep outside.....

[Duck Chaser]

like how you know when to leave a blackjack table...

if its on your mind, you should probably do it.

[legends of the lower mars]

Seems like mine find a way to be comfortable wherever they please.

All of mine come in at night, no matter what the conditions are... They all have their own crates and go into them on their own when we get ready for bed at night. I think if the wife and they had their way though, they'd all sleep with us... I only let the oldest male and female sleep on the foot of the bed. If I didn't they'd sit beside the bed all night long nudging me with their noses and huffing and puffing till I did let them sleep on the bed. I lost that battle. Thank heavens the others never caught on to it...

Seriously though; When it get's that cold, you definately need to protect your friend and make them as comfortable as possible

[jdbuckshot]

You guys only think its cold, down there, our temps arent that much colder, but we consistently have highs below freezing, we hunt our dogs many times all day long in these temps, we always feedem good during the hunt, and dry them and letem get in the back seat of the truck. Just gotta keep a close eye on them and make sure they eat! and stay warm.

[Copiah Creek]

I Try to keep my labs as dry as possible to avoid cold tail , BUT my male chessie seems to love it the colder it gets , he loves to play in the ice and will even lay down in the water and eat the ice , flyntwt has seen him in it , i will get someone to post a pic since i cant figure it out .

[teul2]

I Try to keep my labs as dry as possible to avoid cold tail , BUT my male chessie seems to love it the colder it gets , he loves to play in the ice and will even lay down in the water and eat the ice , flyntwt has seen him in it , i will get someone to post a pic since i cant figure it out .

Yea, mine went bull doggin thru the ice this morning.
I swear she loves it now.

[Memphis Mafia]

Some of you guys are too hard on your dogs. The only time Belle doesn't sleep inside is when we're at duck camp or when she's at CC's place:-)

[Copiah Creek]

Belle happens to like it here , she dont care where she sleeps as long as she can get the chicken

[missed mallards]

Mine stay in, well a bunch. My male loves this below freezing stuff. Took him out the other evening and instead of sitting on dry ground he elected to sit in the ice. Not sure why?

[flyntwt]

For Copiah Creek: Trouble bringing a duck back this past week. The cold sure didnt bother this one! He might be crazy.

coming in




holding the bird






scanning the sky w/ CC






ice, duck, dog