[nagdu] keeping dogs warm

[Margo and Elmo]

My dog will not wear booties.  I have tried and tried but he refuses, so, 
here I use Musher's Secret.  Cheryl, Musher's Secret won't keep your dog's 
paws warm but it'll keep snow and ice and salt and stuff from getting caught 
in his paws.  I apply it every five or six days, let it absorb for 10 
minutes while Elmo is lying on his side, and we're good to go.

I used to have a jacket for Elmo but it wore out.  Liz, I like the one you 
discussed so will go look and see if we have it at our Petsmart.

margo and elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Campbell" <batescampbell at charter.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>; "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] keeping dogs warm


> Hi Cheryl!
>
> Even though I live in Texas, we are having our share of colder than normal 
> temperatures this year. I went to PetsMart and bought Gabe a light-weight 
> water proof jacket with fleece on the inside. I also have booties for him 
> that I got while in training at Seeing Eye last summer., although he 
> hasn't needed the boots here yet because we don't have ice and snow.
> But he will need them in the summers to deal with our hot pavement.
> Back to the jacket, it fastens much like the harness with velcro straps 
> fitting behind Gabe's front legs and then around his tummy.
>
> I did not get a jacket for my first dog Bates, as he was a Golden 
> retriever with thick fur,  and didin't seem to be bothered by the cold. 
> but Gabe is a lab Golden cross,and his fur is thinner. I noticed him 
> shivering one day while waiting at the bus stop,and I got the jacket for 
> him.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Liz and Gabe
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:31 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] keeping dogs warm
>
>
>> okay with the very very very cold weather upon 85% of the US, and it is 
>> getting colder here on Long Island, I am sure up in Buffalo and the 
>> Dakotas and Ohio, etc.  What do you do especially if you don't have coats 
>> or booties for your dogs and you have to be out in the cold such as I do, 
>> I take the bus to work everyday and I feel bad for poor Maxx.   Anything 
>> I can do to keep my baby warm until we get to work.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>> Treasurer
>> National Federation of the Blind Greater Long Island Chapter
>> Member NAGDU, NYAGDU and DAN
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