Do you provide supplemental heat for your retriever's outdoor doghouse in winter? If so, at what temperature and weather conditions do you start the supplemental heat?
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Supplemental heat for doghouse?
Do you provide supplemental heat for your retriever's outdoor doghouse in winter? If so, at what temperature and weather conditions do you start the supplemental heat?
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I used to have a light bulb hooked up to a drop cord in the top of the dog house. If it dipped down in the low teens I'd plug it up.
ETA: I don't do this anymore. I have a barrel style dog house filled to the brim with cedar shavings and they just hunker down tight in them.
Last edited by Duck cutter; 11-08-2017 at 08:17 PM.
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Originally Posted by 2thDoc
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Hay, if it's gonna be below 20 I'd bring um inside
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Oats straw with some cedar chips to help offset the funk of swamp water. They are animals that have lived outside for thousands of years with no assistance from humans.
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We bring our dogs in when it gets cold. But send our kids outside to sleep. Toughens them up and enhances recovery for travel t ball. They love it!!!
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Haha
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If it’s cold all my dogs are in the house with me.
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I use hay, and keep dogs paired up during cold weather
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Depends on age and if we are hunting in the a.m. I can tell you that my old man handles the cold better if I leave the heat off in the garage at night.
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No.
There ass' sleeps the same if it's 80* or 8*.
(wind is the killer) In 13 years of owning retrievers, the only time I've done something was when the wind was 20 +mph and temps were below 25*. (That's only been twice) I put them in the dog trailer to shield them from the wind.
If they have a house or barrel they'll be fine.
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This.
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My dog house has an HVAC unit. They sleep inside with us at night. The dog house is for when we're at work.
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One light bulb can keep the dog house warm in freezing temperatures. there is a bunch of shit on youtube about it
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Wind protection is the most important in severe cold. Provide good bedding in a wind proof shelter and you should be good to go.
Adding a heat bulb, like some use for chickens, certainly won't hurt but isn't needed most of the time if the other criteria are met.
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I hope my dog doesn't read this thread.
We gave you Corn,you gave us clap,bad trade.
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No kidding.
Adaptation is the key and is, of course, regionally specific. It's whatever your critter is used to and has adapted to.
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my dog slept outside in the cold rain last night. He didnt complain when I saw him this morning.
He doesnt have a dog house but he has some nice spots he frequents.
Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.
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You're mean
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he's a dentite, what do you expect.
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damn that's funny
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