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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits? Those sort of animals. Can they stay outside in this cold weather? What do you do if they are truly not indoor animals? [/quote]

Dogs ????
If you leave them outside in this your are a horrible human.

[/quote]Really?  Are you one of those nut cases who call animal control when your neighbor leaves his husky outside.  Is your favorite expression, "if you're cold, they are cold, bring them in?" Many breeds of dogs love the cold and thrive in it.  This is their weather and they love it.  They prefer to be outside in the cold instead of in a warm house.  Husky, Malamute, Saint Bernard, Samoyed, Newfoundland, Bernese Mountain Dog, Great Pyrenees, Tibetan Mastiff, Norwegian Elkhound, Keeshond, Akita, Chow Chow, Anatolian Shepherd, German Shepherd, Swiss Mountain Dog, Kuvasz, Norwegian Elk hound, etc., are all physically built to withstand freezing temps, snow and ice.  It's almost cruel to have them inside in the winter.  You can't define all dogs with one blanket statement and you obviously know nothing about dogs or likely cats either who also do quite well in the cold when they have to.  Many indoor/outdoor cats will choose to stay outside in the cold for long periods of time.  Educate yourself before calling anyone a horrible human.  [/quote]

You are terribly wrong because you fail to factor in acclimation. The breeds you cite could originally, years ago and living as a group that can huddle together for warmth, shelter below thick pines, or burrow, survive in very harsh conditions. Not anymore. These breeds live mostly in temperate locales now, and are not acclimated to surviving in very cold temperatures. Even though you think that their external appearance hasn't changed means their cold resistance is the same, this is not true. Their genes for cold survival have changed because they don't need them and humans have bred them for a certain look, not cold survival.

And no solitary dog ever survived frigid nights on its own unless they dug a really warm burrow. You cannot leave a dog outside this week, period.

Your ignorance astounds me, PP. Please do better otherwise you're going to end up killing a pet one day.

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