Pet Training Question

[Oftencold]

I have the dog and the cats in the house for the winter. But like almost everyone else, I'm economizing.

What I need to learn, is a way to train the hound to break the ice in his water bowl by himself.

I feel bad when I get home and he's there in the living room, thirsty, because he doesn't know to break the ice.

 

[Jerry]

I have the dog and the cats in the house for the winter. But like almost everyone else, I'm economizing.

What I need to learn, is a way to train the hound to break the ice in his water bowl by himself.

I feel bad when I get home and he's there in the living room, thirsty, because he doesn't know to break the ice.

I've never heard of putting only ice in the water bowl.

If your dog needs a lot of water, I'd suggest buying a bowl with a built-on bottle.

 

[RightinNYC]

I have the dog and the cats in the house for the winter. But like almost everyone else, I'm economizing.

What I need to learn, is a way to train the hound to break the ice in his water bowl by himself.

I feel bad when I get home and he's there in the living room, thirsty, because he doesn't know to break the ice.

Your house drops below 32 during the day?

 

[Oftencold]

I've never heard of putting only ice in the water bowl.

If your dog needs a lot of water, I'd suggest buying a bowl with a built-on bottle.

Well, it isn't ice when I put it in the bowl, it is just a little chilly in the house, and becomes ice, at least on top.

 

[RightinNYC]

Well, it isn't ice when I put it in the bowl, it is just a little chilly in the house, and becomes ice, at least on top.

In that case I would advise not letting your house fall below 32, because that's pretty ****ed up for your pets.

 

[Oftencold]

In that case I would advise not letting your house fall below 32, because that's pretty ****ed up for your pets.

Um, you do know that I live in a place where we race dogs through much colder stuff right? Dogs here like to go outside and wallow in the snow until it takes on a nice, form fitting shape.

No, mildly freezing temps don't incommode them too much.

My dog doesn't even act interested in a warm spot above single digits.

 

[Oftencold]

Your house drops below 32 during the day?

On a warmer day just now, it might get up to 32 in the house, in the day. Hey, home heat is highly overrated.

This is a perpetually economically stressed area, and this year I'm getting it in the teeth.

 

[RightinNYC]

Um, you do know that I live in a place where we race dogs through much colder stuff right? Dogs here like to go outside and wallow in the snow until it takes on a nice, form fitting shape.

No, mildly freezing temps don't incommode them too much.

My dog doesn't even act interested in a warm spot above single digits.

On a warmer day just now, it might get up to 32 in the house, in the day. Hey, home heat is highly overrated.

This is a perpetually economically stressed area, and this year I'm getting it in the teeth.

Racing is different from sitting around. While you can go outside and run around in the snow and be fine, if you sit around in temperatures below 50 for a period of time, you will begin to suffer from hypothermia and eventually die.

Depending on the breed your dogs might be alright, but I still think that's ****ed up.

 

[Oftencold]

Racing is different from sitting around. While you can go outside and run around in the snow and be fine, if you sit around in temperatures below 50 for a period of time, you will begin to suffer from hypothermia and eventually die.

Depending on the breed your dogs might be alright, but I still think that's ****ed up.

Let me see if I can improve your opinion of me. As far as I know, I'm one of a fairly small number of people in Yakutat who even worries about such things.

But I have learned not to anthropomorphize canines and felines too much. In many ways the are far tougher than humans.

I do watch them for signs of cold stress, and thankfully have found none. And I do burn a fire on the colder nights.

The cats are allowed under the blankets, but usually will only stay there a little while, I think more for the company than for the warmth.

The purpose of this thread was to introduce an element of humor.

(Side note: a cat can go from deep sleep to relativistic velocity in about .025 seconds if flatus is loudly and confidently released under the blanket they share with a human who has over indulged in leguminous vegetables.)

 

[RightinNYC]

Let me see if I can improve your opinion of me. As far as I know, I'm one of a fairly small number of people in Yakutat who even worries about such things.

But I have learned not to anthropomorphize canines and felines too much. In many ways the are far tougher than humans.

I do watch them for signs of cold stress, and thankfully have found none. And I do burn a fire on the colder nights.

The cats are allowed under the blankets, but usually will only stay there a little while, I think more for the company than for the warmth.

The purpose of this thread was to introduce an element of humor.

(Side note: a cat can go from deep sleep to relativistic velocity in about .025 seconds if flatus is loudly and confidently released under the blanket they share with a human who has over indulged in leguminous vegetables.)

Looking back, I jumped to judge you a bit too quickly. I looked up some more info about it and it turns out that animals are a bit more hardy than I thought. My apologies. :3oops:

 

[Oftencold]

Looking back, I jumped to judge you a bit too quickly. I looked up some more info about it and it turns out that animals are a bit more hardy than I thought. My apologies. :3oops:

LOL, don't give it a thought. I am encouraged when people want to defend pets.

I grew up in a hot climate, so it took a lot for me to learn and accept how much more resistant to cold the critters are than we.

 

[bhkad]

Before leaving the house I'd try putting water and a juicy gnawing bone in the bowl and letting it freeze. Then leave it for him when you go to work.

He should see it and smell it even under a thin ice covering and it will give him a task (dogs love tasks) to perform to get the bone and while he gets the bone he will encounter the water and then you can leave him a note to invite him to have a drink if he gets thirsty.

By the way, the reason for preparing this before you go to work is to make sure he can't just pluck the juicy bone out of the fresh water.

 

[DiAnna]

I adore animals, so forgive me if I take their side over yours. If ice prevents them from getting the necessary hydration they require to survive, then get your ass up and break up the ice for them. They don't have hammers built into their snouts. They need water, for crying out loud.

I live where it gets cold as well. I don't expect outside dogs and cats to lick ice to get the hydration they need. I dump the ice and give them fresh, lickable water. Good lord, if you care about your pets you will give them the bare necessities of life... food, drinkable water and shelter from life-threatening weather. You live in Alaska. You already know this... or you have a plot of land waiting for spring to bury your annual quota of dead dogs.

Forgive me if I sound too strident. Animals depend on us for their survival. If we cannot provide the basic necessities of life for them, we do not deserve the precious devotion that they unconditionally give to us.

 

[bhkad]

I adore animals, so forgive me if I take their side over yours. If ice prevents them from getting the necessary hydration they require to survive, then get your ass up and break up the ice for them. They don't have hammers built into their snouts. They need water, for crying out loud.

I live where it gets cold as well. I don't expect outside dogs and cats to lick ice to get the hydration they need. I dump the ice and give them fresh, lickable water. Good lord, if you care about your pets you will give them the bare necessities of life... food, drinkable water and shelter from life-threatening weather. You live in Alaska. You already know this... or you have a plot of land waiting for spring to bury your annual quota of dead dogs.

Forgive me if I sound too strident. Animals depend on us for their survival. If we cannot provide the basic necessities of life for them, we do not deserve the precious devotion that they unconditionally give to us.

The canine species is lucky to have survived before you came along.

 

[americanwoman]

I have a question that's is a little off topic but what happens to your pipes when it gets so cold? Is there anything you do to keep them from freezing besides a warmer? The reason I ask is last year it got below 30 here and my pipes froze even though we had the heat up. It was a big costly mess and now we have to use a pipe warmer but I was just checking if there was another way.



As for the dog, I have two dogs and in the summers I give them ice cubes as a treat to kinda cool off. I've noticed that had given them the clue how to break ice, so now in the winter when I let them out and there is ice on the ground or the snow is frozen, they can break it and chew threw it. That may help you dog to kind get the hang of chewing and breaking the ice, taking little steps to get the dog used to ice.

 

[Thorgasm]

My dogs eat ice off of our patio.

I like the bone under the ice trick.

For dogs that drink too much, it is oftend suggested to freeze their water so it regulates their water intake. But this is the opposite problem.

If you give them wet canned food it cuts down their need to drink so much water.

 

[Jerry]

Um, you do know that I live in a place where we race dogs through much colder stuff right? Dogs here like to go outside and wallow in the snow until it takes on a nice, form fitting shape.

No, mildly freezing temps don't incommode them too much.

My dog doesn't even act interested in a warm spot above single digits.

No, we didn't know that.

In that case I'd suggest you place a large chemical hand wormer under the bowl.

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Um, you do know that I live in a place where we race dogs through much colder stuff right? Dogs here like to go outside and wallow in the snow until it takes on a nice, form fitting shape.

No, mildly freezing temps don't incommode them too much.

My dog doesn't even act interested in a warm spot above single digits.

Your pipes don't freeze?




Problem SOLVED

And Let me google that for you :mrgreen::mrgreen:

 

[bhkad]

I adore animals, so forgive me if I take their side over yours. If ice prevents them from getting the necessary hydration they require to survive, then get your ass up and break up the ice for them. They don't have hammers built into their snouts. They need water, for crying out loud.

I live where it gets cold as well. I don't expect outside dogs and cats to lick ice to get the hydration they need. I dump the ice and give them fresh, lickable water. Good lord, if you care about your pets you will give them the bare necessities of life... food, drinkable water and shelter from life-threatening weather. You live in Alaska. You already know this... or you have a plot of land waiting for spring to bury your annual quota of dead dogs.

Forgive me if I sound too strident. Animals depend on us for their survival. If we cannot provide the basic necessities of life for them, we do not deserve the precious devotion that they unconditionally give to us.

Here is a very special video clip that seems to echo your love for these marvelous creatures.

YouTube - Siberian Huskies

 

[bhkad]

Your pipes don't freeze?




Problem SOLVED

And Let me google that for you

Good thing that cord has a metal gooseneck type of covering. The dogs I've had would chew and gnaw at anything and a regular electrical cord would be like asking for trouble.

 

[Oftencold]

Your pipes don't freeze?

Naw, you just leave the water running at a drizzle. With 120 inches of precipitation a year, water is in no short supply here.

 

[DiAnna]

The canine species is lucky to have survived before you came along.

Yeah, I got a bit zealous there. :3oops: My bad.

I just had this horrifying image of a thirsty, whining pup pawing at his iced-up bowl and accelerated into pompous pet mommy mode.

Sorry, Oftencold.


P.S... that clip almost made me teary-eyed. It was beautiful.

 

[bhkad]

Yeah, I got a bit zealous there. :3oops: My bad.

I just had this horrifying image of a thirsty, whining pup pawing at his iced-up bowl and accelerated into pompous pet mommy mode.

Sorry, Oftencold.

Wasn't that a beautiful video of the huskies. I chose it with you in mind.

 

[DiAnna]

Wasn't that a beautiful video of the huskies. I chose it with you in mind.

Oh, god, yes. I was editing my post above at the same time you were posting, I guess. I almost bawled!

 

[bhkad]

Oh, god, yes. I was editing my post above at the same time you were posting, I guess. I almost bawled!

I'm glad you liked it. The dogs were so emotive. And the northern lights on the ice and the killer whale and all made it seem like it was computer generated.

Absolutely remarkable.