COLD WEATHER TOOTSIES and Distress...Watch

[Me967]

PLEASE watch your dogs very close when you let them out!   Well for me this AM was interesting.  VERY COLD HERE.  This all happened within 2 minutes or less....My two older dogs before they were done with their whole walk around in 10 billion circles to poop had gotten to cold to walk back so I ended up carrying them back to the porch this morning.  Lady is my smallest at ~35 pounds now,  Koenig my rottie mix is about 70 pounds a little harder to carry.  Caesar my Dane is around 165 pounds.  Thank goodness he didn't have the same problem.  I was thinking hmmmm...O MY I better have the creeper ready to drag him.  LOL  He missed playing ball this AM but it's just too cold at 4 degrees.  Glad to say everyone's tootsies are fine.    

I'm thinking about trying to find an old flyer sled or a plastic one for Caesar in case this ever happens to him.  He's only 2 years old now; but, it may come in handy later in years.  Hopefully not this year though.  Temps are supposed to drop more in the next two days.  Tomorrow zero to -2 with wind chill factors of 10 - 20 below zero.  OUCH!  

PLEASE again I'll say:  WATCH YOUR DOGS very CLOSE for ANY SIGNS of DISTRESS!  Not only toes are an issue but heart, breathing and everything is effected.     It don't take long with cold temps.  

Also when they come in you should remove any snow and ice packed in their paws.  

[lynxgal]

You know it's COLD when your husky mix goes out and does her business in less the 3 mins and wants right back in!

[roxy2007]

available in Canada and Europe!!!! Absolutly amazing....just super greasy and not the best smelling... that's for the nights that end in a hot bath, bag balg and flanel PJ's!!! Wake up the next morning and your skin is ridiculously soft. =)

[Me967]

Great comment on the bag balm.  I use this myself.  I did not realize it was available all over the US though and all around. Fantastic stuff isn't it?  I swear by it myself.  ;~)

[roxy2007]

ahhh yes! my love affair with bagbalm started many years ago as i have always insisted on being barefoot anytime it was at all possible during the summer.... nowadays i apply it almost all over my body once a week or so to help cope with the winter dry skin....

i love how this post turned into skin tips =) i will give Aquaphor a try... sounds a little more convinient then bagbalm

[Jaybay]

I used to swear by Bag Balm for any chapped skin - be it mine or my dogs.  After a motorcycle trip to Red River, NM at 7,000 feet to 11,000 feet, my face was fried.  That's when I discovered Aquaphor, and it's my new best friend in the winter months or if I have a sunburn.  It feels really weird - like vaseline - when you apply it, but in a few seconds it soaks right in with no greasy residue.  Get a small sample some time and give it a try.

[roxy2007]

thank you so much for the site, i will check it out and probably end up ordering it. I'm going to assume we cant get it in Quebec because there is no french on the package..... lol how depressing is that? =P