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Covering Dogs At Night
Does anyone else cover their dogs at night?
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Posted: 1:44:26 PM 1/11/2007
OP, "Well my dog is a lab and well he cant really move around in here."

What we have here is a lab. My friends w/Labs keep them inside. They have a hard time keeping them out of water, but that's a different story.
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Posted: 1:47:03 PM 1/11/2007
I agree the huskies do not like it in the house during the winter, this is why they have there cabin and the garage. I keep it only 58 degrees in those rooms. Now during the summer they are in the house all the time.

I still don't sleep with my dogs. I'm sure they wouldn't like my morning breath. :) Really I wouldn't get any sleep if they where in my room. I never let my human kids sleep with me either.
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Posted: 1:54:18 PM 1/11/2007
To the OP. Before you get another dog which you where asking about in an another thread. Please make room for this dog in your home and life.
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Posted: 2:02:28 PM 1/11/2007
Wow.

This person is thinking of getting another dog when there is not enough room for the first? I hope the second dog is really, really, really small.

And my hat goes off to some of you, the ones who have a whole pack of dogs in your house. How do you have company? How do you keep the dog smell down? How do you spend and private time with an individual pet. My dogs love our one-on-one time. I have a pack of dogs also, but I also have a very big house, with a great deal of land around me. I could not imagine having my dogs always in sight, always three to four feet away.

Hey!!! I just noticed my Whippet on my bed! She is in heat, drip, drip, stain, stain.... But she does look beautiful there. (gotta move her)
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Posted: 2:48:03 PM 1/11/2007
I agree with GotHusky.....

I cannot stand the idea of my baby sleeping outside. My baby (a lab) sleeps right between me and boyfriend.

HOWEVER, this is a personal decision and the dog is not harmed in being outside. If it gets no love, no attention, no time with people, then there is a problem.
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Posted: 8:35:22 PM 1/11/2007
Tyank you GotHusky2. I tried haveing him sleep inside last night and when i got up at about 1 he was at the door pawing it whining. So let him out and he ran straight to his bed and went to sleep. I beleive he does like it out there. He is not chained and has food and water 24/7.
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Posted: 8:40:26 PM 1/11/2007
Wiley Blaze. I do have room for him in my life just not in my house. It aint the size of a shed but it is pretty small and a small dog will do fine. Besides like i said he doesnt like to be inside anyway and there is no reason to force him. We dont like it and he dont like it.
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Posted: 8:43:59 PM 1/11/2007
" Besides like i said he doesnt like to be inside anyway and there is no reason to force him. We dont like it and he dont like it. "

did he tell you that himself ? wow , smart dog !
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Posted: 8:49:06 PM 1/11/2007
No. I said last night i got up about 1 and he was at the door pawing and whining. So i let him out and he went straight to bed on his bed and i covered him up.
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Posted: 8:53:12 PM 1/11/2007
he is more than likely wanting his bed and it just happens to be outdoors. try bringing his bed in at night and see if he still gets up and wants out.
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Posted: 8:55:28 PM 1/11/2007
Ok. Thank you. I will try that tonight but if he does the samething i know he wants to be outside. I wouldnt be surprised if he grabes the dog and drags it to the door this time! :)
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Posted: 9:10:02 PM 1/11/2007
My lab sleeps in a crate with a blanket over it.
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Posted: 9:21:46 PM 1/11/2007
Some dogs prefer to be outside. I house my dogs outside. As long as the dog is happy and healthy, there is nothing wrong with it.
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Posted: 10:15:17 PM 1/11/2007
I've known several dogs that disliked being indoors. Some of them would actually have panic attacks and do anything, including crashing through windows and storm doors, to get outside. Just being kept outside is not necessarily cruel. The dog being kept chained 24/7 is cruel, having no shelter is cruel, and keeping a dog out in weather that its hair coat cannot protect it from is cruel even if the dog wants to be outside. Our dogs have always slept inside wherever they wanted and they are always welcomed in the beds. 3 like to be (demand to be, lol) under the blankets on a bed and 1 prefers to lie with her head on one of the pillows and her body on top of the covers.
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Posted: 11:19:44 PM 1/11/2007

Good Grief! It's ridiculous to make someone feel like a bad pet owner for keeping their dog outside! Hello, haven't dog's slept outside always?? If the dog is well cared for, and has freedom to run about the yard, I'm sure it would prefer to be outside, that is their natural habitat. A dog will not die sleeping outside - unless it's a chihuahua in canada. My mother has a Husky right now who is perfectly happy sleeping in his bed on the porch. He definitely PREFERS that over being inside the house. He likes to see what's going on, hear things, smell things. It is not natural for people however, to sleep in a bed full of dog hair, dander, slobber, and whatever else is hanging on to the dog. Yes, to each his own but don't look down on other people who don't do the same.

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Posted: 12:14:58 AM 1/12/2007
" It is not natural for people however, to sleep in a bed full of dog hair, dander, slobber, and whatever else is hanging on to the dog. Yes, to each his own but don't look down on other people who don't do the same. "

if the dog is properly groomed, none of the above will be a problem. my hubby slobbers and snores worse than any of my dogs do. maybe i should make him sleep on the porch too. he would be fine as long as i warm up his little seahawk blankey .
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Posted: 12:41:43 AM 1/12/2007
lol Dusty - again you come through with comic relief. Be sure to leave a few milk bones under the blanket for hubby, too. That should keep him warm. lol

Basset_Lover
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Posted: 12:42:59 PM 1/12/2007
I don't care how well you groom a dog, there are still things that get on it from going outside, etc. what if the dog stepped in poo while walking but not enough for it to be noticed...then it jumped on your bed. That is a serious health risk.
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Posted: 1:00:58 PM 1/12/2007
Ky sleeps in bed with me most of the time. She likes to lay on top of my pillows and lay her head on my shoulder. Occassionally she sleeps on the couch in my room. Maybe it's because I move around so much and occassionally bump her off!
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Posted: 5:59:35 PM 1/12/2007
Four of my dachsies cannot sleep unless they are burrowed. They drive us nuts, even to nap during the day, they hav e to be under something.

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