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RE: Dear Lucy - Catherine - 10-19-2015
You don't like to cut the hair to short in the winter.
I used to clip my guinea pig. He had a short cut in the summer and in the winter I would let him get quite fuzzy. I don't bath them too much when it gets really cold.
Suzy should be able to go a few months without clipping, long enough to get through the winter.
I even let my own hair get a little longer in the winter.
RE: Dear Lucy - Ruth - 10-20-2015
I always let her hair grow longer in the Winter. She has peepads for really cold weather. She can go inside.
RE: Dear Lucy - Catherine - 10-20-2015
A lot of smaller dogs are better off using pee pads inside. Winter is hard on them. It must be very hard on a dog's feet when it is cold.
Does Suzy wear coats in the winter.
RE: Dear Lucy - Ruth - 10-20-2015
Suzy had a coat but it tore and she has such thick hair that I don't put a coat on her any more. She doesn't go outside when it's frigid out there.
RE: Dear Lucy - Catherine - 10-21-2015
It does get too cold for a dog doesn't it. I worry that the less furry dogs will get frost bite. Suzy has a lot of hair so she must be okay, but it still is better to keep her in. I don't imagine a walk outside on a bitter cold day is any nicer for a dog than it is for us.
The pee pads are really good too.
RE: Dear Lucy - Ruth - 10-25-2015
When it's below a certain temp. the pads on their paws will freeze up and especially when there is ice and snow on the ground. I had to warm up Suzy's feet several times so now she has the pee pads to do her business on.
RE: Dear Lucy - Catherine - 10-25-2015
On the really cold days I like to see dogs with boots. In the city the sidewalks are hard enough on a dogs feet. There is nothing funnier than watching a dog wear boots for the first time.
RE: Dear Lucy - Ruth - 10-26-2015
I bought Suzy socks and boots and she couldn't even stand up in them.
RE: Dear Lucy - Catherine - 10-26-2015
Quote:I bought Suzy socks and boots and she couldn't even stand up in them
Poor Suzy. Some animals just don't like boots. Did she just flop over or did she walk funny like she didn't know where her feet were.
RE: Dear Lucy - Ruth - 10-27-2015
She flopped over.