Comments on: Cold weather precaution in snow http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/11/21/cold-weather-precaution-in-snow/ American and French Brittanys as companion gun dogs. Hunting, training, trialing and more. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:36:31 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SteveH http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/11/21/cold-weather-precaution-in-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-200 SteveH Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:37:54 +0000 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/?p=227#comment-200 Dave, another option that I do so that snow will not build up in their feet as bad is to simply take a good pair of scissors and cut a lot of the hair from in between their toes and between their pads. The snow seems to attach to the hair and pack there. I have a lot less trouble with snow packing on my dogs feet once the hair is cut away. That being said, I still check their feet as it isn't a cure all either. Dave, another option that I do so that snow will not build up in their feet as bad is to simply take a good pair of scissors and cut a lot of the hair from in between their toes and between their pads. The snow seems to attach to the hair and pack there. I have a lot less trouble with snow packing on my dogs feet once the hair is cut away. That being said, I still check their feet as it isn’t a cure all either.

]]> By: Dave Jones http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/11/21/cold-weather-precaution-in-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Dave Jones Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:51:56 +0000 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/?p=227#comment-197 Thanks for the comment. I had forgotten about crusty snow. When I lived in Maryland in the 90's it wasn't uncommon for that to happen. Thanks for the comment. I had forgotten about crusty snow. When I lived in Maryland in the 90′s it wasn’t uncommon for that to happen.

]]> By: psubowhunter http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/11/21/cold-weather-precaution-in-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-196 psubowhunter Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:43:58 +0000 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/?p=227#comment-196 Well in PA we have snow one trick I use is I carry a small thermos in my back pack which I fill with water for Sophie. here another one jsut trow a bottle of water in your pack beside a hand warmer it won't freeze then either ;) We hunted in -3 temps last year and my water never froze on me :) Also Sophie hates booties so I do this I keep a hand warmer in my pocket and stop every so often and I just slide and hand warmer in my gloved hand and garb her paw just for a second and it melts any ice build up between the pads pronto!! and complety dry and we continue on. We hunted in the snow last year in zero to 10 degree temps in January last yeat with no real problems as long as you take the above precautions. I will tell you one thing to advoid DON'T try and hunt with snow that has a SOLID crust on top. Here in PA were kind on in the dang ice belt and we get a lot of that snow then it turns to sleet and and freezes SOLID on top. When that happens I just pack it in and stay home by the fire :) . I have seen WAY too may dogs damage feet and rip tendons sliding on top or breaking thru this dang stuff and booties won't help. It worse then a leg going down a rabbit hole :( on this type of day it's JUST NOT WORTH THE TRIP for the dog, wait for a thaw and better conditions. Well in PA we have snow one trick I use is I carry a small thermos in my back pack which I fill with water for Sophie. here another one jsut trow a bottle of water in your pack beside a hand warmer it won’t freeze then either ;) We hunted in -3 temps last year and my water never froze on me :)

Also Sophie hates booties so I do this I keep a hand warmer in my pocket and stop every so often and I just slide and hand warmer in my gloved hand and garb her paw just for a second and it melts any ice build up between the pads pronto!! and complety dry and we continue on. We hunted in the snow last year in zero to 10 degree temps in January last yeat with no real problems as long as you take the above precautions.

I will tell you one thing to advoid DON’T try and hunt with snow that has a SOLID crust on top. Here in PA were kind on in the dang ice belt and we get a lot of that snow then it turns to sleet and and freezes SOLID on top. When that happens I just pack it in and stay home by the fire :) . I have seen WAY too may dogs damage feet and rip tendons sliding on top or breaking thru this dang stuff and booties won’t help. It worse then a leg going down a rabbit hole :( on this type of day it’s JUST NOT WORTH THE TRIP for the dog, wait for a thaw and better conditions.

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