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The Old Man
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« on: January 24, 2026, 05:41:12 pm » |
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Seems like old man winter has struck almost all of the nation. 15 degrees for a high today several inches of snow on the ground and more coming with single digit nights. Started the dogs on wet sloppy feed tonight and will feed twice a day until it warms up enough to keep their water thawed. We bedded them heavy just before it hit.
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The Old Man
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2026, 05:42:38 pm » |
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I had noticed the theme that when WOW shows up he brings frigid weather with him, we need him to turn the coin to the other side for us.
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t-dog
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2026, 10:06:41 pm » |
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Old man, he’ll do anything for attention lol. It isn’t snowing here yet but we have sleet and rain with temps in the 20’s and heavy snow predicted. I feed wet feed daily but gave extra today and I will also be feeding twice a day starting tomorrow. Y’all be safe out there!
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Hollowpoint
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2026, 10:44:23 pm » |
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We got a winter mix, it’s a crust covered dusting of snow with a side other of ice. I’ve got the dogs in the garage during the day and crated up inside at night. They get spoiled quick, they’ll never want to goo outside again. We got a hunt in on some new property day before it came in, got 4, the young dogs got some good reps in. I’ll make a separate thread instead oh hi jacking Old Mans thread.
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The Old Man
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2026, 06:39:59 am » |
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It's probably just me and my old fashioned ways, but I would be leary of keeping a dog in a heated enclosure or ac either one since I do on occasion hunt when it is really cold or hot. I'd be afraid they couldn't acclimate as well, people have issues with that as well, take someone on a long walk that has been in the ac set at 65 when it is 105 and they probably can't stand it long.
I have noticed Ol'Blue doesn't take the cold as well as the Plotts or BMC"s due to being much finer haired, and usually finer haired mammals have a thinner hide as well. Not to the point it is dangerous for him, but I can tell he is not as comfortable when he gets out of his deeply bedded barrel.
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t-dog
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2026, 08:54:20 am » |
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That’s very sound advice. When we are playing summer baseball tournaments, I tell my boy to find shade, not A/C between games. That warm wet feed helps and I believe it helps in the summer too. I soak it earlier and nt as hot of water in the summer. It will be cool from sitting inside by the time I feed. An old dog man told me years ago that dogs never drink enough water no matter the season. In the summer they need more for hydration when being hunted and in the winter they don’t usually drink as much because they don’t want t drink the cold water when temps are cold.
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2026, 10:55:16 am » |
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Man, y'all blaming me for the weather when it's Mother nature off her meds again.
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Hollowpoint
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2026, 11:17:58 am » |
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I’ve done it both ways, in the past I kept dogs outdoors regardless how cold it got. Maybe I’m soft in my older years, we have a side room that can accommodate the few dogs we have, so we use it. I have been soaking their food too, learned that from an old coon hunting friend, he pretty much said the same thing regarding dogs staying hydrated.
Our local forecast shows we will be above freezing on Tuesday, I plan on taking them out if that’s the case. We have a layer of soft snow on top of the crusty ice from yesterday. We need any kind of moisture in the ground we can get here.
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t-dog
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2026, 11:44:18 am » |
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We need the moisture too. Ours looks like snow but isn’t soft. It’s like we got sleet over the snow and it has created a layer of ice over the snow.
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NLAhunter
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2026, 06:01:29 pm » |
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Its dang sure winter time we go lot ice trees and limbs down everywhere power went off this morning
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The Old Man
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2026, 07:02:27 am » |
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NLAhunter you have my sympathy, I despise a big ice storm. The kind that you have to chainsaw your way to a highway, and power lines everywhere.
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Cajun
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« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2026, 08:34:45 am » |
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Hope everyone makes out ok.
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Bayou Cajun Plotts
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NLAhunter
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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2026, 08:52:54 am » |
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No doubt we cleared our rd out twice yesterday morning we cut up and piled up 3 pretty good loads of limbs yesterday doesn't look like we did much
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