Walking dogs in winter.

[HappyMidget]

Tango13 said:

My mum has a couple of Staffs

Last year one of the tough, fearsome, devil dogs from hell poked his head out the door to investigate the white stuff falling from the sky when a snowflake landed upon his nose.

When he realised that the snowflake upon his nose was cold he shook his head vigorously whilst snorting to remove said snowflake and fixed my mum with a gaze that said...

'You're having a fking giraffe sunshine!'

Once he had it perfectly clear that the whole Staff/snow thing wasn't happening now, tomorrow, next week or this side of the second coming of Chist the Saviour himself he ran back to the wood burning stove for several hours of sleeping/snoring/farting.

Haha, ours is generally ok with the cold/wet, be interesting to see if the same holds true with snow. Hope he loves it And yes, sleeping, snoring and farting is his general behaviour

[mickeyredeyes]

We have a Springer. The only thing I'd say to be careful of is ice especially ponds and lakes. If your dog goes through the ice it isn't going to support your weight to rescue it.

[AppleJuice]

iphonedyou said:

How to walk a dog in Winter.

Think I've seen it all now.

The Daily Wail is this way.

[colonel c]

We had a Springer some time ago. Only problem he had in winter was that his paws were raher like giant hary Brilo pads. Sonw would compact into the hair between the pads and it would become very uncomfortable for him to walk. It was quite difficult to remove.

[King Herald]

So, winter is all but gone..... and no problems on the dog front, snow, ice, they are bothered not, and will happily lay in the snow when in the garden, no different than they lay on the dry ground, or wet ground.

We had to fence off the grass area as it turned into a squelching quagmire, but they looked at the fence once, and never seemed bothered since, but it saved wiping the mud off their feet every time they came into the house.

Anyway, apart from the usual idiots with their predictable/typical Ph dhead responses, useful thread.

[fttm]

dheads responses to a dhead question maybe ? Glad your dog survived the ordeal of a British winter though .

[bexVN]

fttm said:

dheads responses to a dhead question maybe ? Glad your dog survived the ordeal of a British winter though .

Do you feel better now you have got that insightful response off your chest? I really hope so.

[AdiT]

King Herald said:

So, winter is all but gone.....

You think? I'd say we're about 1/2 way through.

[fttm]

bexVN said:

fttm said:

dheads responses to a dhead question maybe ? Glad your dog survived the ordeal of a British winter though .

Do you feel better now you have got that insightful response off your chest? I really hope so.

All good here tnx , the dog survived somehow which is all that matters

[King Herald]

fttm said:

dheads responses to a dhead question maybe ? Glad your dog survived the ordeal of a British winter though .

Isn’t it school tomorrow? Shouldn’t you be in bed by now???

[redback911]

Winter will be around a while longer. Which means more fun to be had.



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Edited by redback911 on Sunday 21st January 22:11

[King Herald]

What country are you in?

We had a 1/4” of snow here in the Midlands.

[redback911]

King Herald said:

What country are you in?

We had a 1/4” of snow here in the Midlands.

Its grim (I mean cold) up north, here in Cumbria.

[MYOB]

King Herald said:

So, winter is all but gone.....

I know you have been overseas for a few years but our winters can hang around to April! Still have some way to go yet before we can warm our cockles.

[fttm]

King Herald said:

fttm said:

dheads responses to a dhead question maybe ? Glad your dog survived the ordeal of a British winter though .

Isn’t it school tomorrow? Shouldn’t you be in bed by now???

Poor reaction my friend , just taking the piss of course . Lighten up FFS

[FiF]

Ah, the "I was only joking" defence surfaces. A rolleyes smiley didn't cut it.

[chemistry]

Just a coat for Scrabble...



...although she occasionally struggles in ‘clumpy’ snow that sticks to her paws and leaves her bumbling round with a snowball at the end of each leg!

[King Herald]

MYOB said:

King Herald said:

So, winter is all but gone.....

I know you have been overseas for a few years but our winters can hang around to April! Still have some way to go yet before we can warm our cockles.

Yes, I’ve just been up around Leek/Buxton on my bike, still plenty of snow on the ground all around there.

Talk on the news of a sweltering 12c tomorrow around the Midlands.

[RDMcG]

I have walked my dogs in -25 in Canada. Warm coat and avoid the salt and they're fine.

[Andy-SP2]

I've got a greyhound and she loves the snow.. She rolls in it and even scoops it up with her nose..

I put a rainproof coat on her and she seems fine... The only problem that I've had was when she pulled me over, as I lost grip on the compacted snow..