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legend99

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Are dogs such as poodles suited to living outside during the current cold snap? House about 4 doors up from us has a poodle living out the back garden...poor guy looks bored to death, sleep in a shed, but is he really built to tolerate below zero temps???
 
If I recall correctly these people are down your direction and a quick call to them might be your best source of advice C.S.P.C.A.
 
care of animals

No domestic animal should have been outside in an enclosed space during days when the temperature was around freezing and nights were down to -5.

That is stupidity and neglect (cruelty is difficult to 'prove' because so many members of the human species are stupid and neglectful!!)

The surface-area of small animals is very large proportionate to their mass and they lose heat very quickly. They are constitutionally unable to bear extreme cold. I don't think that poodle is 'bored' I think it's dying.

I'd phone the number and have it sorted.
 
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I used to have my hound outside during the day and beside the rad in the kitchen at night, got my self a doggie door which he uses now so he has full run of the place!!

Cost of door was 30 Euro, fitting was a bitch
(pardon the pun) into a PVc door, but it works perfectly, I am now donating his outside dog kennel to the local dogs home!
 
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Yea, it just struck me that a little poodle is not exactly the kind of dog to be loving being out in freezing temperatures for 12 hours. I mean, I have a shed out my back, and I went into it the other night before going to bed to see how codl it was and to be honest, like most sheds, it was as cold in the shed as outside the shed..
 
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Honestly... I think you should mind your own business or at least have the courtesy to contact your neighbours yourself rather than call in the rspca.
 
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To be perfectly honest...

I can't see the ISPCA doing a whole lot about it.
If the dog is well-fed and has sufficient space in the garden to run around, they're not going to do a lot.

We have a dog and have had three strays over the last 6 months or so. Unfortunatlely, I wasn't in a position to keep the strays so we called the ISPCA. They referred us onto the Dog Warden who we eventually rang having looked around for someone to take the dog.

He was telling us that the amount of dogs being strayed is unbelievable and that they rarely find a home for any of them so I can't see them getting involved here.....
 
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Good attitude kerinsp


You see a random punter getting the **** kicked out of him on the side of the road.
Do you
1) Say, well. thats none of my business, I'll be on my merry way.
2) Say, well in fairness now, maybe I should ring the guards.


fair play to you.
 
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legend,

don't think that was kerbinsp's point at all in fairness and I fail to see how you can draw such a conclusion from that posting.

What kerbinsp said was if you have an issue with this, you should call down to your neighbours prior to calling the ispca and I would agree with that approach.

I've seen many threads where people are complaining about their neighbours doing this and that and very often they don't take the logical approach of actually bringing these issues up with their neighbours.

Fair enough, if you are met with a door slammed in your face, then maybe it's time to think about further action...
 
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thank you, but what sort of analogy is that? If you want to continue being a busy body checking on your neighbours go right ahead just consider actually talking to them before informing on them.
 
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"I think you should mind your own business "

is an approach that leads to half the problems in this country...
 
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t's a tricky one to address a problem or issue with neighbours diplomatically. At all costs try and preserve your good relations with your neighbours!

In this case perhaps you could shell out for a dog coat and offer it to them as a gift ... hint hint Mr/Ms Neighbour! 'Saw this, thought is was cute and thought of your little Poodle'... Difficult to get stroppy in face of a generous gesture...

Some dogs are bred to bear the cold with thick, dense coats. Others such as Yorkshire Terriers, may have long coats but the hair is thin and slow-growing. These sorts of dogs are definitely not suited to living outside without some form of warmth or insulation.

Our dogs (one with a dense coat, the other with a Yorkie-type coat) live outside during the day and sleep inside at night. During the day they always have access (via a large cat flap) to our brick, south facing shed where they have a bed insulated with carpet, cardboard and cushions.

I dunno. The ISPCA or better still a local dog rescue would be the best source of advice (try http://www.irishanimals.com (www.irishanimals.com) for rescues local to you ... I'm not affiliated to the site in any commercial way, just interested in animal welfare)

Unfortunately the law and local authorities here in Ireland don't place an awful lot of importance on animal welfare ... case in point most local authorities list their advice on dog control and licencing under the Waste Management sections of their web sites. And with between 18,000 and 30,000 unwanted dogs killed every year it seems like an awful lot of the general public don't give much of a toss either.... South Dublin County Council alone have accepted more than 260 unwanted/stray dogs into their pound since the beginning of 2005 ... A situation repeated up and down the country...

[soap box]If you want to get a dog, go for it! Though realise the commitment involved before making the decision. Not just walks, picking up poo, feeding, vaccinating. One of the single most important responsibilities of a dog owner is to ensure their dog is neutered/spayed. Full stop. No excuses. *rant, rant,rant* Also consider very strongly adopting a dog from the pound or one of the many rescue centres around Ireland rather than buying a dog. You'll be saving a dog's life either by rescuing a dog that would otherwise be killed or freeing up space at a no-kill rescue for a dog that is on doggie death row in the pound (the rules are that a surrenedered dog is killed by the pound on the day its surrendered. A stray has five days to find a home before its killed... thank goodness a small number of dog pounds stretch and bend these rules as much as they can to save as many dogs as they can. But there's only so much stretch in those rules... ) If you insist on a pure-bred I'd seriously question you're motivations for owning a dog and whether you have the dog's best interest at heart. [/soap box]
 
Agree with last post, some people are so cruel and heartless. A poodle should never be left outside like that and in my opinion no animal should. Our neighbours have a spaniel of some sort and he's outside in a run whining all day long. When husband comes home from work he cleans the run but during the week the dog never gets a walk, he brings him out in a trailer on a saturday morning but thats it. In comparison we have a husky who is absolutely adored by all of us. I could never imagine leaving him on his own like that and these are educated and responsible people.

Its disgraceful the cruelty to animal in this country
 
Buy a nice warm second hand kennel if you feel sorry for the poodle and drop it down to your neighbours.
 
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