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06 February 2007

How would you explain to a dog that it's too cold to go outside?
Your dog is totally small enough for a litter box.
posted by mike9322 06 February | 13:00
Hee. My father is always forcing his great dane to go out when it's snowing. I'm still mystified how a dog bred in Denmark refuses to get his paws snowy. At least your puppy is acting geographically appropriate.
posted by occhiblu 06 February | 13:02
She is housetrained, but she WANTS to go outside. She's very crabby. She even barked when I was on the phone, a BIG no-no.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 February | 13:03
Does she have a sweater?
posted by LoriFLA 06 February | 13:09
She has a coat, but she hates wearing it.

And furthermore, *I* do not want to go outside. Because I am still in my PJs and am not interested in getting dressed yet.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 February | 13:16
Can't you let her find out for herself? A quick taste?
posted by Hellbient 06 February | 13:19
My dog, bred in northern England, sometimes refuses to go outside when it's chilly and drizzly. And we live on the SF peninsula! (CLIMATE BEST BY GOVERNMENT TEST)
posted by tangerine 06 February | 13:20
Maybe I'll let her out in the backyard for a quick sec.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 February | 13:20
Lulu (pug/chi) freaking loves the outdoors and HATES her coat and her sweaters. Yesterday when it felt like -17 outside she was just standing in the yard looking around and couldn't understand why I was so happy when she finally did her business.

I gave her a new toy this morning before we went out so that her mind would be on the toy and she'd want to come back in quickly. I AM ALL ABOUT BRIBING MY DOG WHEN IT BENEFITS ME.

posted by fluffy battle kitten 06 February | 13:27
Alright, she won (as usual): she got to run around the backyard like a loony while I stood there yelling WOULD YOU POOP ALREADY??? Now business is done and we're both back inside, warm and cozy. Shame you can't reason with a dog.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 February | 13:34
Yelling at pooping dogs was the reason my mother always refused to give people names to pets. Our neighbor used to stand outside yelling, "STOP SHITTING IN THE YARD, HERBIE!" and it was often a bit disconcerting, especially if you didn't realize Herbie was a scotty.
posted by occhiblu 06 February | 13:42
Shame you can't reason with a dog.
That sounds like it could be from a Randy Newman song.
posted by Hellbient 06 February | 13:42
Let her out. Make her stay out. Then when you let her in she'll realise you were right all along and she'll never bother you to let her out again.
posted by essexjan 06 February | 13:45
Occhi, where did your neighbor want the dog to shit? :::blinks:::
posted by fluffy battle kitten 06 February | 14:04
For my cats it is easy. I open the door, they realize it is too cold outside, and turn around go back toward the warm blanket.

Of course, "cold" is relative since my cats and I both feel that anything below 50f/10c is too cold for being outside.
posted by birdherder 06 February | 14:06
There are days when it's miserable and our dog just takes her sweet time sniffing around. We don't have the luxury of a fenced yard, so we have to walk her and scoop after her. (or at least that's what you're supposed to do around here). But since the weather's been so brutally cold these last couple of days, she's been remarkably quick about her business!
When it comes to snow, it can go two ways. She'll bury her nose in it and play a bit. Other times, she'll actually sit down when her feet get too cold. How is that better- a cold butt versus cold feet? (Mind you, she's a 60 lb. dog) I even bought her booties, which she hates worse than cold feet. So I'll just rub whatever foot she holds up to me, and we continue on our way.
posted by redvixen 06 February | 14:10
fbk, you know, I never thought about it. I have no idea!
posted by occhiblu 06 February | 14:12
This is why I will never own a dog.
posted by eamondaly 06 February | 14:36
Now that we've got the dog problem solved, if anyone has any advice on how to reason with a chicken, I'd appreciate it.

After three years, one of mine has decided that she's going to sleep on a pile of wood next to the garage, not in her coop. I mean, why? It's cold outside! And there are evil possums afoot! And chickens are such a creature of habit, why did she suddenly stop sleeping in her coop? I can't figure it out.

And no, she doesn't have a sweater. Maybe that's the problem.
posted by mudpuppie 06 February | 14:45
TPS, how ... how ... do you have a backyard in NYC? How???
posted by brina 06 February | 14:56
I live in a(n illegal) basement apartment in a private house. Includes access to a backyard.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 February | 15:05
Oh. I'll trade you. You can have my perfectly legal but overpriced and underheated two-bedroom in the suburbs. (No dogs allowed.) I'll come live in your basement apartment.

It'll be the perfect arrangement.
posted by brina 06 February | 15:31
Barney hates rain - if it's wet, he won't go out. Snow and cold are another story. He LOVES that. Since it's been so cold out, I haven't been able to take him to the dog park and he's been really, really restless and barky as a result. This means he goes to the back door every five minutes, or he is hyper until I take him for a walk. Of course when we do go for a walk, it seems like the worse the weather is, the more he likes to take his sweet time!

Barney does have a very cute fleece-lined coat that velcros around his neck and his tummy. Since I don't have to put his legs in sleeves, he will wear it. He's also badly in need of a haircut, but I won't take him for one until the weather gets better. (It just seems cruel to get him cut short when it's -7 F outside without windchill!)
posted by sisterhavana 06 February | 15:51
Yelling at pooping dogs was the reason my mother always refused to give people names to pets.

That's the best reason to give pets people names.
posted by deborah 06 February | 16:04
:)
posted by occhiblu 06 February | 16:11
That's the best reason to give pets people names.

The other one is:


"DAMNIT, MIKE! I TOLD YOU TO STOP HUMPING HER LEG! STOP IT NOW!"

posted by jason's_planet 06 February | 23:43
How would you explain to a dog that it's too cold to go outside?

Woof woof woof
woof?
woof woof woof woof woof, woof
Woof.

What's so hard about that?
posted by dg 07 February | 00:13
This sort of sums up my day. || Duck season or wabbit season?

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