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Post by musher on Jan 23, 2011 10:10:08 GMT -6
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Post by trappnman on Jan 23, 2011 13:29:14 GMT -6
23 below here thursday night- but they are say 30 by end of week- 20 tomorrow.
i always felt that it helped a great deal, to give the dogs hot meal each night- and with hounds, always had 2-4 in a pen to curl up together. I always had a cover over te dog house doors as well-
do you cover your entrances?
PS thats not a beard, thats scruff...LOL
checking traps friday, front of my waders was solid ice- made it interesting when it was hurry up and go potty time (cold water brings the urge on me like NOW)
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Post by musher on Jan 23, 2011 15:20:12 GMT -6
No doors or bags. the dogs chew them off!
Just back from a 20 k run. It's 25 below with a north breeze. Hard on the nose. Four wolves swung by. It's the first wolf sign I've seen at that spot since November. They're safe from me this year. Breeding time is almost here so I hope they get their moose!
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Post by irnhdmike on Jan 24, 2011 8:23:46 GMT -6
-25 c here this am.Wind chill -38. I live in the warm part of N.B. dogs get in during this cold weather. Beagle don't mind the cold but the pointers hate it. BTW Musher love the carabiners and crunch proof swivels.
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Post by trappnman on Jan 24, 2011 13:14:33 GMT -6
only thing I found that my dogs couldn't tear off, was the offset "blankets" from the old sheet fed presses. this blanket is hard rubber, yet flexable.
i would fasten it with a piece of angle iron to the top and let it hang.
if you have any print shops in your area, you could get used blankets for little or nothing- or any printing spupply house should have them as well
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Post by musher on Jan 24, 2011 15:55:27 GMT -6
Somehow I think they'd get them off. They chew bark off trees, overhanging branches ... anything and everything. It's something to see a husky with a mouthful of fir or spruce just tugging.
I used to make nice insulated houses. But every time the dog would chew a hole, in the middle of the wall, and rip out the insulation. Then I'd be picking up styrofoam or fiberglass wool for a month until it was all chewed away.
Now my dog house are made from rough cut boards. When they chew through a board I replace it. Sheet rock screws make it easy. Each dog has a good straw bed.
Some dogs just use the house to sit on. They sleep in the snow!
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Post by trappnman on Jan 24, 2011 16:09:32 GMT -6
musher- have you ever tried shredded wood chips for bedding?
I like fresh straw, but it always seems to break down so quick, plus wicks moisture down into it. Went to woods chips made for bedding, and liked tem much better- stays i nte house, doesn't break down, and didn;t get that bototm frost layer straw can get.
know what you mean about the insulation-
do this- shingle all your dog house roofs- or use tar paper- end result is the same......................
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Post by calvin on Jan 24, 2011 16:25:46 GMT -6
The husky's are a weird breed. Had one as a kid and it was a house dog. Took her on a couple day ice fishing trip where the temp with combined wind chill got down to just over 90 below zero. That dog layed on the ice for some time in the middle of a windy/big lake like it was 70 degrees and sunny out just looking around. I have no idea how they do it without freezing solid, but they do.
Not all dogs the same, though. Even though some think (and treat) so. My current dogs would be dead in hours even with the house outside in that temp.
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Post by musher on Jan 24, 2011 19:10:05 GMT -6
I haven't tried shredded wood chips. i've heard good things about it but I've also heard that it gets into the fur. It's a moot point because I can get pulp chips but not shredded wood. Straw is available and it works. The dogs keep on hauling it out of the house with their chains. So when it gets below a certain level I add more.
In summer I remove it all. No nothing in the house.
The roof is a piece of plywood with lots of stain. I've been the shingle root. I've been the aluminum route. They chew it all off. Now when a roof is scrapped I cut another 4x8 sheet in two and bingo new roof.
I had a malamute that would lie on its back, belly up, in the cold. I never saw that dog go into its house. One time it broke through the ice and i brought it in the the house so it would dry off overnight. The poor thing was terrified. It would not move from the doorway.
-30 C. right now. I'm hoping it doesn't dip too much more. There's a big difference between -30 and -35. There's an even bigger difference between -35 and -40. When it's that cold five degrees affects things way more.
This a.m. you could hear the slightest sounds. But it was really quiet. Once in a while a tree would pop with great volume. Real square tires on the truck, too!
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