Please, please tell me why anyone would get an extremely short-haired
dog and leave it outside it's whole life? Some breeds have 1/4" of hair
at the most and no undercoat. That would be like us sleeping outside
year round with only a thin sweatshirt on....
If you want an
outside dog, please get one that has been bred to withstand the below
freezing temperatures we have in Indiana, one with a longer
coat and an undercoat to keep them warm! Not to mention giving it a
warm shelter to get into and straw for bedding to keep it warm and dry.
Blankets get soaked, get pulled out of the house, freeze and often do
more harm than good.
Animals also need lots more food than
normal in the winter, as they burn many more calories trying to stay
warm than they do in the summer.
So many people have pit
bulls, little terriers, hounds and other short haired breeds that suffer
through the whole winter, shivering and freezing and being soaked in
the rain and snow. Little to no shelter, no bedding, chained or kenneled
out in a solid mud pit with only a bowl of cheap food to eat (which is
mostly corn and doesn't help the matter) and often no thawed water to
drink.
How can anyone justify treating a living creature that
way? Animals feel cold and discomfort just as much as we do. If you
don't care enough to provide proper housing and food for your pet or
animal, PLEASE DO NOT GET ONE!!!!
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