If you’re not bringing your dogs inside, or making arrangements for them in this cold,

I wonder how they survived before Central Heat and Air...

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I wonder how they survived before Central Heat and Air...

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It really wasn't THAT long ago.

My GWP says stop by the house in July so he can bite you in the nuts. It’s like 30 degrees in S LA, he loves this weather.

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Do you go on Nextdoor and call them "fur babies"?

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Dogs have fur for this very reason (cold). Of course people should bring them inside or make accommodations for them if left outside. But they are literally built (or at least semi-built) to withstand weather. Not sure we need to wish death upon people.

Are you bringing coyotes, deer, raccoons, possums and skunks in your house as well?

Here’s your attention for being a good person.

I am too busy dragging my dog through Home Depot because "he enjoys it" to worry about him getting cold at night....

Left to their own devices a dog will survive subzero temps for multiple days in a row. My Lab spent nearly 4 weeks the first winter we lived in Washington State outdoors and the high temps during this period never got above 20 degrees and lows approached double digit below zero. There was about 18 inches of snow on the ground. She thrived in that cold. She had a barrel dog house that was raised off the ground about 6 inches and was covered in snow.....she had water, food and when I would go to feed and water her she would play in the snow like a puppy and when I would take her indoors she would want to be outside. If they are unable to fend for themselves though, chained up or otherwise capable of doing what they need to do to survive, it is cruel, but simply being outdoors in seriously cold temps is not cruel to a dog....most of them thrive on it.

Wow, I can see your halo