Dog Coats

[corgimom]

And Madison is in the warmer part of the state. They are always about 6 to 8 degrees warmer there, than where I am; further north.

and yes, there are some pictures of Cody that remind me of your Dillon. I thought the same thing.

[corgimom]

Have you seen the umbrellas where you can get "your breed"of dog on them?

[Dillydoodle]

I did see breed umbrellas on cafe press at one point in time. They have a lot of corgi stuff there.

In that heat wave, i walked dillon in the very early morning, and it was still stuffy and hot- but better than at 5pm!

wow,from my sister's description of the temps in madison, i figured that was the cold part of the state! Yikes...I am not a winter person! ( not a summer hot person either lol!! - i like fall and spring). Oh turning back the clocks is awful for me adjusting to a new time is so hard for me, and gets harder as i get older...i hate having the sun go down so early- i just want to sleep- so i wonder why we can't just hibernate for the winter ???

Emilie

[corgimom]

I told my husband I should have been born a Bear.... Yes, Madison is warmer, you should live up in Rice Lake Wisconsin or Bayfield, Wisconsin

My husband calls our state the "big toilet bowl" - if you look at the national weather map, most often you will find rain swirling around our state!

And it is well known in our state that it is best never to plan outings for Memorial day, 4th of July or Labor day, because it usually ALWAYS rains. We went camping one weekend way up north in July and had to wear mittens and winter jackets.

[Michael Romanos]

Linda - I don't know what figures you saw about New Zealand's temperatures in the winter, but figures can lie - and how.
I have friends who live three and a half hours away from me and it is always bitterly cold and desolute there in the winters and snows a lot. they live close to the main mountain chain in the North Island. Their Corgis love the snow - and see plenty of it.
Then there is the southern part of the South Island - cold winters, cold winds and lots of snowing. Temperatures do not take into account the wind chill factor. I'm in a slightly more sheltered part of the Wellington region, but Wellington and some other parts close by, suffer from strong winds and in the winter these are very chilling having come directly from the South Pole.
THis winter just gone, has been one of the coldest and wettest on record everywhere in NZ - stark contrast to the Northern hemisphere where many places had heat waves during their summers.
None of this is to say, you are not most welcome to come here and get away from your harsh winters.

[Dillydoodle]

Michael-
Well that just shows how little i actually know about NZ... I thought it was a bit warmer...i thought snow only fell in the mountain area... I like the idea that your summer is our winter...this means when it is cold and wintery here, we could go down there for some summer sun....

Emilie

[corgimom]

http://www.tourism.net.nz/new-zealan...d-climate.html

This is where I got the information from and you can see for yourself - doesn't sound cold to me one bit. Now I know these temps are Averages, but I would say it is quite nice.

Michael, are you sure you are in New Zealand?

[Michael Romanos]

Well I live here and I have contemplated shifting to the Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia where the sun shines brightly 12 months of the year.
There are only 4 million people in NZ - and three and a half million of them live in the parts of NZ which are temperate - not cold ( as in freezing) in the winter and not hot in the summer and pretty neutral in spring and autumn. That is where I fit in where I live. I suppose the coldest any part of NZ would get to is five below zero celsius ( which is around minus 23 fahrenheit) - and that would not last all day, probably would occur on a frosty morning - unless there was some exceptional weather.
NZ is not an Hawaii or Fiji or New Caledonia or Samoa - we are under the influence of the South Pole apart from the very north of the North Island. Then again we are a world power in agricultural farm products - and you need year round green grass and rain and a temperate climate for those kinds of activities.

[sweetlychee]

This is a great post. Milo will be experiencing his first winter in a few months. I think overall, corgis enjoy winter more than summer. They do fine in summer but the heat is not good for their coat. Winter is better. Even though most of you said that they don't really need a coat, I think a little sweater is nice.

I was thinking of getting Milo little fleece boots for the winter snow because of the damaging salt it could have on his paws. Would anyone recommend any nice boots for dogs?

I can't wait for Milo to pounce on the snow. I think dogs love snow in general.

[Michael Romanos]

Sweetly - you are so right - the thicker the coat a Corgi has, the more they are rapt with cold weather and snow and just bowl along gaily in vicious weather - minus the rain- while in warm to hot weather they just want to head for a sheltered spot from the sum and heat and become less motivated.
Hot weather is not the ideal for Corgis but their owners can take a lot of measures to make life as comfortable as possible for them.
I have learnt to keep Taylor as cool as possible at the times we are at agility meetings and the weather is warm or stifling. He is just not going to perform at his best if he is not a cool Corgi.