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Keeping Furry Babies Warm in Winter
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 210132" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I don't let my furbabies outside. We keep the house quite cool, so at night I cover the birdcage with polarfleece. It really seems to keep Goldi the Evil warmer and happier.</p><p> </p><p>When I was a kid we had a lab/irish setter mix named Friday. She was not happy inside for long periods until she was 15 or so (lived to be 17!). My dad and bro made ehr doghouse out of plywood. It had styrofoam scavenged from packages lining the bottom and sides of the doghouse. We did put straw in there, but not a whole lot. Often, the 2 inch thick styrofoam insulated it so well that she would be hot. </p><p> </p><p>It was not uncommon to see Friday outside her house in the cold weather and squirrels or birds inside the house. On really bitter cold nights there were squirrels who would actually curl up next to her or on her. She never did become the hunting dog my bro thought he could train her to be, LOL!</p><p> </p><p>I worked at a restaurant that had a dog who lived out back. He at scraps and all the employees ponied up for his dogfood and vet bills. In the summer he had a fan and in the winter his house was under where we stored the flattened boxes for recycling. He had a very large heating pad type thing that is for outdoor use (found it at the farm and home supply store) that we kept on for him. (The Humane Society kept trying to take him away, but since he had regular vet care, food, AND better shelter than some of my co-workers, well, they didn't succeed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 210132, member: 1233"] I don't let my furbabies outside. We keep the house quite cool, so at night I cover the birdcage with polarfleece. It really seems to keep Goldi the Evil warmer and happier. When I was a kid we had a lab/irish setter mix named Friday. She was not happy inside for long periods until she was 15 or so (lived to be 17!). My dad and bro made ehr doghouse out of plywood. It had styrofoam scavenged from packages lining the bottom and sides of the doghouse. We did put straw in there, but not a whole lot. Often, the 2 inch thick styrofoam insulated it so well that she would be hot. It was not uncommon to see Friday outside her house in the cold weather and squirrels or birds inside the house. On really bitter cold nights there were squirrels who would actually curl up next to her or on her. She never did become the hunting dog my bro thought he could train her to be, LOL! I worked at a restaurant that had a dog who lived out back. He at scraps and all the employees ponied up for his dogfood and vet bills. In the summer he had a fan and in the winter his house was under where we stored the flattened boxes for recycling. He had a very large heating pad type thing that is for outdoor use (found it at the farm and home supply store) that we kept on for him. (The Humane Society kept trying to take him away, but since he had regular vet care, food, AND better shelter than some of my co-workers, well, they didn't succeed. [/QUOTE]
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