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I think you would be fine just insulating the dog house. 2 dogs with shelter snuggled up to one another will keep warm enough. Some kind of clear dog door/flap would work great to really dampen the air flow.
Mine stays in the house year round
My lab lives out side 24/7 and is bedded in straw, in a igloo dog house like your set up.
Yea both of mine stay in their house I just sleep there and pay the mortgage.
Mine stays in a fenced electrified yard and insulated dog house stuffed with hay. I don't like hunting indoor dogs, they're either too cold or too hot with soft feet.
You can put straw in the kennel and they will nest in that. Another option is a heat lamp, especially since you have it enclosed. I have two black labs and a dog run like yours, but they stay inside during the winter. Luckily I work about 5 minutes from my house and since they sleep inside at night year around, they already have their designated pillows that they stay on.
I've kept my hunting dogs outside at night in a fenced yard. Now that my dog is older I bring him in on exceptionally rainy nights since he will no longer go in his dog house and just lays at the back door. I also have a heating pad in his out door bed to supplement some heat. I don't bath him during duck season the wife hates the Skagit mud so I take him for a swim in clean fresh water before bringing him home. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk
Quote from: Special T on November 20, 2017, 11:00:16 AMI've kept my hunting dogs outside at night in a fenced yard. Now that my dog is older I bring him in on exceptionally rainy nights since he will no longer go in his dog house and just lays at the back door. I also have a heating pad in his out door bed to supplement some heat. I don't bath him during duck season the wife hates the Skagit mud so I take him for a swim in clean fresh water before bringing him home. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using TapatalkWhen she's old I'll bring her in too, nothing wrong with giving a retired old dog an extra winter or two inside
My female brit sleeps under the covers and steals the couch. She has extremely tough feet and can run in the cold or the heat, just like her owners who sleep in the bed with her.
how do you keep the pups warm as the temperature falls?