Country_est Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 This doenst apply to NTTF, as its quite cold, and I have been away for xmas with the dogs, they were sleeping in the same bedroom as me. Now that I have just got back home and it is -4 I have decieded to let them sleep int hte house till it warms up a bit. Am I being too soft or doing the right thing. They are 2 labs, one is 9 years and the other is 9 months. They have been kenneled outside most of the time when we are at home, but are just as happy indoors given the chance. PS whilst on holiday in Durham they were swimming and wading in the river most days even if they did have icilces forming on them before I could get them home to dry. Trev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 IMO if they have not been house dogs they will be fine. My springer sleeps in an unheated kennel box on shredded paper, she's inside for a few hours each evening to socialise but otherwise she's out but I feed her an extra meal before I go to bed on cold night (which has been most of them for the last few weeks). If they're kennelled together, even better. So my reply is "Yes, you are going too soft".... but then that never put anyone in jail did it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 When did a dog ever go soft? Let the poor little ******* in and you spend half an hour in their kennel. I’ll lay money on where you’d rather be. If there is any heat going those dogs will soon be near it. They give you everything they’ve got so why deprive them of a bit of comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 forgetting the legal side, you wouldnt leave your gun lying outside in that weather, would you? yout not too soft, let the dogs in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybucket Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) When did a dog ever go soft?Let the poor little ******* in and you spend half an hour in their kennel. I’ll lay money on where you’d rather be. If there is any heat going those dogs will soon be near it. They give you everything they’ve got so why deprive them of a bit of comfort. i cant comment for Country_est but my kennel for the dogs are heated and insulated just as warm in there as it is in the house, but is the heating was to fail the dogs would be inside in a heartbeat Edited January 4, 2009 by rustybucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy18 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 This doenst apply to NTTF, as its quite cold, and I have been away for xmas with the dogs, they were sleeping in the same bedroom as me. Now that I have just got back home and it is -4 I have decieded to let them sleep int hte house till it warms up a bit. Am I being too soft or doing the right thing. They are 2 labs, one is 9 years and the other is 9 months. They have been kenneled outside most of the time when we are at home, but are just as happy indoors given the chance. PS whilst on holiday in Durham they were swimming and wading in the river most days even if they did have icilces forming on them before I could get them home to dry. Trev Mine are in, am going to get some type of heating put in to the kennels for them but till then they stay in. They deserve it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Mines in his kennel and run if im going out but soon as im back he's in the house with me... I just leave the back door open when im home he comes in and out when he is ready.. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntinlass Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Mine are in kennels, the inside is raised 2ft off the floor and they have deep straw beds to sleep in. Toasty -they say as you get old you get soft- :o Edited January 5, 2009 by Huntinlass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronster Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 AAAAH....A MANS BEST FRIEND...all i can say is treat him as well as you can and give him what he needs...he'll do the same for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 This doenst apply to NTTF, as its quite cold, and I have been away for xmas with the dogs, they were sleeping in the same bedroom as me. Now that I have just got back home and it is -4 I have decieded to let them sleep int hte house till it warms up a bit. Am I being too soft or doing the right thing. They are 2 labs, one is 9 years and the other is 9 months. They have been kenneled outside most of the time when we are at home, but are just as happy indoors given the chance. PS whilst on holiday in Durham they were swimming and wading in the river most days even if they did have icilces forming on them before I could get them home to dry. Trev Without going too deeply into various kenneling arrangements my view is that if the dogs are outside they should stay outside, just because you think its cold on a particular night what was so different about the previous couple of nights when they were left out, to bring them in on odd nights imo, just unsettles them, they grow thicker coats left out and provided they have decent bedding and a little exta grub are more than able to cope. Re the dogs with ice forming forming on their coats before they were taken home to dry them,imo they should have been towel dried as soon as they left the water, remember a dogs working life is short enough without encouraging premature rhumatism etc. My tenpence worth. Rgds D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country_est Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) Ok I was SAS, (Soft as S*!t.) As they are in the kennels all day while I am at work ant the temps were still below 0 during the day I had them in the hosue with me on a night. They always come into the house when we are in, only kenneled when we are out or on a night. Whilst we were away at xmas they slept in the same room as us any way, and usually do sleep in the same room when we go any where in the UK on hols. Always sleep on the floor on on the bed. Kennel is rasied off the floor, built in inside a 6x4 shed, but there is a "dog flap" in the door to allow access to the run at all times. Shed is lined with MDF and loft insulation between the shed walls and MDF. As for the freezing coats, where we were on hols (in Weardale) there is water every where, and whilst not encouraging the dogs in to the river, it was nigh on impossible to keep 2 labs dry. Walks were only about 1/2 - hour long so not too long till dreid and infront of the fire for them. Trev Edited January 7, 2009 by Country_est Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Kennel is rasied off the floor, built in inside a 6x4 shed, but there is a "dog flap" in the door to allow access to the run at all times.Shed is lined with MDF and loft insulation between the shed walls and MDF. Sounds like you were SAS long before the dogs came in Nice one mate, do you what YOU want - they're your dogs WGD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 my bleeding pointer must have felt the cold last night, she usually sleeps on a bed in the corner of my bedroom but woke up to find her on the end of the bed guess this definitely is too soft and will have to be stopped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Don't worry too much about having them outside, Labs especially have thick coats and normally are a lil chubby, its keeps em warm in the water, they should be fine in a kennel Espec with 2 together they can snuggle up for extra warmth. It wouldn't hurt to throw some old blankets on for them though, nice to know there comfortable :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 guess I'm too soft. Roxy keep me warm at night in bed. Sometimes when it is extra cold in the house I'll open the bedroom door about an hour before I want to go to bed so that she pops upstairs and warms it up for me. Nothing like a toasty bed to crawl into. Yes, she's spoiled rotten. But having grown up with dogs outside (chained and/or in kennels) and now having raised my own inside, I couldn't have a dog outside. If that means she isn't a perfect gundog, I'm okay with that. She's only a gundog a handful of days a year. The rest of the time she's a pet. Thanks, rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greybeard Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Dogs do not think as we do. They are a lot harder than us. Gun dog especially have been bred for their hardiness. I agree with a lot of the comments here. A kennelled dog will grow a good strong coat and not feel the cold. A lab has a double coat Top coat has the coarse guard hairs then there is the undercoat that is very thick and fine. Next time your dog goes for a swim, when it come out I gurantee that when you part the coat its actuall skin will not be wet. Ask yourself, could you swim a river in the middle of winter, cross to the other side, pick up a duck and then swim back and wait eagerly to do it again. a lab will. Give the dog credit, don't treat it like a child. It is a Dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Don't treat it like a dog, it is after all only a peice of meat that can be treated anyway you choose. Where is the difference between bringing a dog indoors or having insulated and heated kennels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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