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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.
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I always let her hair grow longer in the Winter. She has peepads for really cold weather. She can go inside.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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10-25-2015, 05:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2015, 11:05 AM by Catherine.)
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.
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I bought Suzy socks and boots and she couldn't even stand up in them.