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Does anyone else cover their dogs at night?
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Posted: 4:23:38 PM 1/14/2007
No my pit mix is not skinny. It is the way the pic is turned. Here is another.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r113/Rescuedogs_2007/ShadowBoy.jpg

I know you cant really see him but he is great and healthy. Mabey I can get another later.
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Posted: 4:42:05 PM 1/14/2007
After reading your other thread and this one I have a question. How much time do spend outside each day with your "outside" dog? And I am not talking when you go outside to check the mail or anything. I mean actual quality time with your dog. And do you only go outside once a day for that or several?
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Posted: 4:45:43 PM 1/14/2007
I spend all my time from dawn till dusk pretty much out there playing with him. We are together constantly and like i said before our door is always open during the day so he can come in and out as he wants. So we are even together then. Like if i go in for a minute to eat or get something he can come in to.
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Posted: 6:18:33 PM 1/14/2007
He is a nice looking dog. I thought it might have been the angle. Here is my pit / beagle mix, Crowbar. She was a great dog.

[IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k112/luvpoms/Crowbar.jpg[/IMG]
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Posted: 6:41:21 PM 1/14/2007
Everybody has differing opinions when it comes to the age old question, "inside or outside dog"? Personally I would never have a dog live outside because my animals are family members, so just as I wouldn't have my daughter sleep outside neither would my dogs. My Rhodie sleeps in his very large comfortable bed beside my bed and when he want he sleeps in his bed in the living room. I havve tile floors so I make sure he has enough padding to sleep in any room. The floor is hard and cold! He also has free access to his crate whenever he wants which also has a nice comforter in it. My cat Cleo sleeps in bed with me and though I would love for Big Jake to sleep in my bed, he won;t get up on the furniture for anything, I guess in a way that is a good thing, but I sure would like to cuddle with him every once in a while. His bed is just big enough for him, but I have been know to get down there with him!
I believe if the only reason you can't have your dog sleep in the house is because of your husband, put him on the porch and toss him a nice warm blanket and see how he likes it.
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Posted: 6:50:41 PM 1/14/2007
lol ridge, love your advice.
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Posted: 7:57:27 PM 1/14/2007
Original poster, Dogs get set into a routine. If they are shoowed out of the house everynight, they WILL be afraid and uncomfortable if all of a sudden you now want them inside. The whole time he is in, he is thinking he is going to get into trouble. Wash his bedding, and put it near the door, its not going to be in the way if ya'll are sleeping. All mine are indoor dgos too. I am also in Calif. It is very cold out right now. My poodle starts to shiver if I don't bring her right in after she does her business. Tell your dog its ok, make him feel comfortable about being in the house. He needs to feel that he really is allowed in. When I first got my first poodle, I had to coax her into our place. I think she was forced to stay outside. Very sad. Never will she see another night like that.

Even the news caster are reminding people to bring their pets inside.
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Posted: 8:52:48 PM 1/14/2007
http://www.terrificpets.com/forum/41209.asp

If there is one thing that irritates me, it is when someone gets two dogs. One they claim unsuitable for living in the house, and another one (usually smaller) that luckily gets babied.

If you say that your trailer is too small, then I suggest stopping at the two animals you've expressed ownership of.

It's up to you if you want to bring the bigger dog inside ultimately, but ask yourself what happens if he gets out one day while growing bored out in the yard? What happens if someone steals him (for more AWFUL reasons then you could ever imagine sometimes..) What happens if he gets into something or someone purposefully hurts him? What would you be able to tell the vet since you wouldn't have the first idea where to start in order to get your pet the medical attention it needs...

If you are going to keep him outdoors, he needs to have adequate shelter, attention, exercise, socialization daily. I suggest you take someone experienced in this threads advice.
Poor guy came from a shelter and probably hasn't had the best start to life, don't play favorites...

***Edited By: pope1982 on 1/14/2007 8:55:56 PM***
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Posted: 8:55:03 PM 1/14/2007
Puttin is right.

I wonder if his previous owners didn't allow him in the house like your husband.
I am sure they were quite vocal in their negativity and maybe even forceful about it.

Take it slow with him, give him a reason to trust you and ease up around you.
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Posted: 9:07:29 PM 1/14/2007
I dont know what pope is talking about. I think you have it mixed up. The poodle is happy inside and is inside. My pit/ lab is outside and happy outside. Some cold nights we do bring him in but other than that he is outside.

Like i have said before we are out there constantl, and if we arent then he is allowed inside so we are togeher constantly except when he is asleep which, he is sleeping, why would does it matter?

You keep your dogs inside, i keep one out. He doesnt mind. The minute i wake up im out there playing with both of them and at night i am out there til i freeze my but off.
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Posted: 9:08:39 PM 1/14/2007
"i am out there til i freeze my but off"

Ok, I am done talking to you now.
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Posted: 9:32:28 PM 1/14/2007
"i am out there til i freeze my but off"


WHAT about your poor dog? He gets to stay outside and continue to freeze. Just please think about it!
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Posted: 9:35:39 PM 1/14/2007
He doesnt freeze so get over it people!!!!!!!!! I keep my dog outside and you kepp yours inside. So what. You all are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo rude about this. I keep my dog outside with shelter food water everything he needs so get over it!!!!!!!!!!!! OK?
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Posted: 9:40:14 PM 1/14/2007
Don't start topics about it and gloat about how your own "but" freezes out there.. so you chicken out and go inside to get warm with your "indoor dog", OK?

People like you feast upon itty bitty chunks of my soul daily.
"You made me how I am, now you hate who I am."
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Posted: 9:43:50 PM 1/14/2007
We are not rude to you at all, we are just trying to make you understand that dogs can freeze. Living in CA makes it somewhat better but still if you are cold so is he. He is not a breed that can live outside.

Maybe consider buying him a dog house at least if you won't let him sleep in the entry.

They also sell heated pads for animals. I have one for my cats and they love it even if they are inside.

The reason you think we are rude is because you just don't want to hear the truth.
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Posted: 9:45:45 PM 1/14/2007
No Wiley, I am being rude now.
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Posted: 9:51:09 PM 1/14/2007
Pope no matter what we say or do to try and open up her eyes. It just isn't going to happen.


She was so proud to warm a blanket for the dog. She knows it's cold. Hopefully she will stop and think now.
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Posted: 11:17:57 PM 1/14/2007
She is in California, hope she listens to the weatherman. It will be below freezing temperatures tonite in California, throughout the entire state.

If her butt is freezing and she needs to go indoors to warm up, imagine a Pit Bull out in that weather.

There are some people that you cannot reason with, God only knows why they are allowed to have animals.

I'm done.

Basset_Lover
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Posted: 11:21:38 PM 1/14/2007
Rescuedogs i know what your saying completly and i think your doing fine with what you got.. people were really rude to me on the topic of breeding my dog saying this like im doing it to make a buck and they said things like poor dog pretty much trying to make me feel bad like they are so much better... i have dogs outside also and so do all my neighbors... i really just guess its where the people are from that has to do with what they think are correct things to do with pets and (not saying i know all the right things) But dont let them get you down i know my dogs love it outside and im sure yours does too and i am glad to hear that you are making and effort to put a blanket out that shows that you care and the fact that you keep going out of your way to explain that it has proper shelter makes me see that you care! me personaly I have heating lamps and they work great.

Also for the people that think having them inside all the time is great, your taking away freedom to run the yard and if you are taking them out you run the risk of getting them sick from going from warm to cold weather then back to warm. Rescuedogs your dog is cute both of them adorable and i believe you honestly care for you pets. dont let them get you down!

One more thing may i ask whom ever said that a dog would get bored in a big yard ...where exactly does your dog run if not in a big yard or is it even allowed to run because it is meant to be just a family member and do what they do. how exactly do you exercise your pet besides walks because when you walk a dog normally theres leashes and that causes restrictions some of you people seem like you dont like your pet to have restrictions.? but yeah i take that back you like dogs to have restrictions you keep them locked in a house!

***Edited By: boxerlover01 on 1/14/2007 11:30:19 PM***
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Posted: 11:45:03 PM 1/14/2007
Since when are my dogs strictly indoors?
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/159191/sniff
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/159197/sniff

And that yard didn't exactly look like massive acreage.

My dogs go to dog parks, go for walks, play outdoors (while supervised because I live in a city), get socialized with other dogs and people when we go shopping in pet friendly places and to visit my breeder and her dogs.

I also find time to bathe my dogs, clean my house, stay away from breeding because clearly I don't know nearly enough about the subject (I wish others used that same train of thought) and I also don't whine post after post about people over the Internet being mean to me.

Imagine that.

Don't you have another thread to dumb down instead of making every thread a bashed newbies anonymous group?
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