Some people give their dogs a longer "night" and in A/C so they will keep more coat. It seems to help some. I keep my dogs in the house with as much play outside as I have time to supervise. So far the pups are in decent condition and all keep coat and shed like we are in Maryland still. Others who just keep their dogs out all the time with little or no effort made to keep them in coat have noticably thinner coats, but still respectible. I would not take an outside dog to WI right now, it would be too obvious, but during the spring and summer, our dogs can compete anywhere. sheila, in Miami, sweeping a lot. almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: I don't have much problems with coats except of course when they blow like everyone else. My husband built me a new kennel covered of course............and we put 10 industrial ceiling fans in..................when you walk under those things you definitely cool off. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Galasso" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Southern Dogs >I was wondering if you people from the south could answer a few > questions for me. Because it's very hot most of the year, how do you > keep coats on your dogs? How do you keep your dogs outside during the > day? I do love the coats us Northerns get on our dogs here, but my > arthritic knees are not as thankful. Best, Barbara > > -- > Barbara J. Galasso > CHIEFTAINS GERMAN SHEPHERDS > Visit my website at http://chieftainsgermanshepherds.com > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the > original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or > FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the > original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL > BE PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================