----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have a Berner who is 22 months old who likes to go outside most of the day > and although I leave the back door open for her she rarely comes in, it is > fairly cold at the moment and was wondering if this would harm her in anyway
Well, my Berner is happy to go out and hang in the snow and cold when it is in the single digits Fahrenheit here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He would prefer to be with us, so he stays in more, but when I am out with the horses he is often out the entire time in the dog part of the yard (fenced off, has dog door to house). My Pyrs are often out sleeping in the snow much of the night when it is very cold; Lliira has slept on the deck in freezing rain until her hair was iced to the planking, and she was perfectly content and ignored her dog house, the cubby under the deck she sleeps in to be cool in summer, and the option of coming in. Remember, these dogs were bred to be farmyard guardians in Switzerland. I doubt England can dish out the kind of weather you see on a bad day in the Alps. :-) I suspect your girl will be just fine in the winter weather. Eileen Morgan The Mare's Nest http://www.enter.net/~edlehman --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 12/17/2002
