Baby It's Cold OUTSIDE.(dog care in winter)(Brief Article)

From: Country Living | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Making winter frolics as fin--and healthy--as possible

A winter vision: My 11-year-old Norwegian elkhound, Martha, tumbles and leaps in the snow, tossing white mounds into the air with her nose, her arthritis seemingly lifted away--she's a winter sprite of a puppy again.

Some animals are built for cold weather. Winter is their season, and it brings them a palpable, infectious joy. Falling temperatures, however, should alert caretakers: While we tend to think of summer's heat as the weather most threatening to our pets' health and well-being, winter presents its own set of ...

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