[nagdu] Winter Covering For Guide Dog

[Robert Martin]

Thanks!

The baby wipes seem like a very good idea.  I'll keep this in mind along 
about November when the snows come to northern Iowa.

Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Winter Covering For Guide Dog


> Interesting.
> When I lived in colder country, Maryland and Ohio, I didn't actually use 
> any
> coats as Evan, my yellow lab, didn't seem to get cold.
> I brought something with me to wipe his paws if he got in to the chemical
> salt on ice as that did seem to bother him, I used Baby Wipes with alovera
> in them, no alcohol.
> Or just a wet towel of some sort.
>
> He got quite good at avoiding places with salt on them, but he always 
> would
> then get back on the path and take me where we were going.
>
> Let us know how it works out.
>
> Dan the man, Carter the nut
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Janice Toothman
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 12:00 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Winter Covering For Guide Dog
>
> Hi Robert,
> Although MD doesn't always get as cold as you get. I have purchase an cold
> weather "coat" that has some reflective striping on it as well. I got mine
> at Land's End. But RuffWear.Com has them as well but they are more pricy.
> They usually are attached to the dog around the collar with velcro and 
> also
> around their torso. I usually put this on under Destiny's harness and make
> sure to pull her leash up from under the "coat" and the harness; then you
> are set. She doesn't seem to mind it.
> She has worn it when I go to class and I don't want her being all wet and 
> it
> also keeps her warm.
> Janice and Destiny (in Retraining)
>
> On 9/4/2011 6:09 AM, Robert Martin wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This winter will be my first with my dog, Nick.  I live in northern Iowa
> where winters can be extremely cold and snowy.  Normal daytime 
> temperatures
> average in the mid twenties while nighttime temperatures average in
> December, January, and February  in the single digits.  Daytime 
> temperatures
> in the teens or below and nighttime temperatures below zero are not
> uncommon.  I understand that dogs should be used carefully in extreme cold
> but even in normal temperatures here in winter I'm wondering if some kind 
> of
> covering is recommended since I walk a little over a mile to work.  Do any
> of you who live in cold climates use some kind of coat and, if so, what do
> you recommend?  Any information will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob Martin
>>
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