This is excellent to know. About being able to let them indoors. I
have always been uncomfortable about keeping dogs outside only. Since
the predators usually come in the morning and evening this opens up my
choices for my next doggie companions.
I can fence the immediate area to include the horse corral with the yard
that goes around the house. That is approximately an acre. All the
livestock will be on one side and definitely accessible from a single
point from the house.
Oh my I am encouraged..... I had gone under the assumption that the
dogs needed to be out with the animals 24/7. I have a green house room
which is open to the outside where I can wet the floors freely for some
coolness plus I have to cross through this room from my bedroom to
access the main house. My bedroom has its own airconditioner. LOL...
the bedroom used to be an art studio and has real linoleum floors too
and I am not adverse to hosing it down on occasion.... though most of
the time its just dust and sand bits.
How are they with other dogs. I would like couple of terriers for mouse
patrol.
deb
On 8/31/2011 8:25 PM, Marlene Johnson wrote:
> Deb,
>
>> Do you have Anatolian shepherds? I peeked at your blogs. I see you
>> have a Great Pyrenees as well. I know you get hotter where you are than
>> me. How well do they handle the heat?
> I let mine into the house, so they handle the heat just fine (grin). We
> have large patiodoors and doggie doors so the dogs hang out inside in front
> of the windows and dash out if they see or hear something, we only have 2
> 1/2 acres, so it's easy for the dogs to keep track of what's happening
> outside. Now that we have larger trees and drip systems and some misters,
> the dogs could stay outside and not overheat. But with the summer also come
> the flies and I don't see the point of leaving my dogs out there to be
> bitten by the flies. Some of mine will hang out outside for periods at a
> time even when they could come inside, and then they get their ears bitten
> by the flies, so I try to discourage that. During the heat of the day our
> predators don't come around, it's just too hot. Even the falcon that hunts
> around here will gladly sit in a puddle of water or hang out near the
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