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by tarekallam on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
I always suffer from this problem with my dogs, what should I do to avoid this?
Regards
Tarek

by ShadyLady on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
There was a study done, that we humans don't catch a cold from actually being cold, but from other factors such as low immunity, dry nose/throat and believe it or not, from lack of exercise...and from the ever present behavior of touching our hands to our face.
I think for comfort, you should cool your dogs down after exercising outside in the cold, before bringing them back into a warm temp.
by tarekallam on 18 November 2010 - 17:11

by Two Moons on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
It can be hard on a dog to take them from one extreme to the other.
By that I mean from the inside of a heated home at say 72 degrees, to outdoors like here in winter time below freezing.
Not due to catching a cold but because it is stressful to the dog to adjust to the temperature change on a constant basis.
A cold is a virus, if you catch colds because of in and out during cold weather it is because of the stress to your system, and coming into contact with this virus through another human.
I've never seen a dog with a cold.
My dogs love cold weather.
And I drink a lot of Orange juice....:)
Two Moons.

by Two Moons on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
If the dog lives outdoors it should not be brought into a warm house for more than just a short time and not often.

by ShadyLady on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
by tarekallam on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
May be the symptoms of what my dogs suffer from when they are subjected to variation of temperature is not a cold & it is stress as you say.
My dogs love cold weather too. However the fluctuation of temperature effects them badly. So what should I do.
Some say to rub their heads & bodies with a wet cloth & / or let them drink some water before to getting them out of kennels etc... Do you have any better suggestions?
By the way do you add anything to your orange juice?

by desert dog on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
by tarekallam on 18 November 2010 - 17:11

by ShadyLady on 18 November 2010 - 17:11
If they are used to being in the warm indoors and then they exercise outdoors in the cold, they should be fine, as long as they aren't brought back in, still hot...as that would defintely stress their bodies out.
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