I have a lab, she's in the garage, w/ lots of blankets, it's 30 degrees in there is it too cold????

Answer 1

Dogs handle coldness. In winters dogs get fat inside their bodies and they require very less exercise and lot of rest to make more fat. So, Give her food which contain some fat.

Answer 2

There are lots of answers to your question but I have questions first. Is the garage door open? Is it colder than 30 outside?
Is this an inside/outside dog? Is the dog trained to live inside?
Now my answers. It is much better for a dog to be in a garage than to be tied to a tree with no doghouse. Sounds like someone cares about the dog. Depends on how the garage faces or how well insulated on how cold it actually is inside. It is really important for the dog not to be directly on concrete because that will affect the joints later in life. While the dog is in the garage, just make sure it doesn't drink coolant or get into anything else poisonous. If you want to train the dog to stay in the house, another's suggestion of a crate, is a wonderful idea. The dog can see everything and will not go to the bathroom while in it. It is difficult to train a dog who is left alone for more than 8 hours though.

Answer 3

The Rule of Thumb is this: If it's too cold for you, it's too cold for your pet. Even if your Lab is in the garage with blankets, she will still feel the cold due to the size of the garage. If you absolutely can't/won't bring her into the house you'll need to invest in a crate which you'll need to elevate off the floor. Place warm blankets in it. Since the shelter, i.e. garage, is too big of a space, any body heat your dog has is being lost.

Answer 4

She needs to be inside of something to hold the heat around her body. If you can't bring her in during cold weather, get her a dog house to put in your garage. They make those cool looking igloo dog houses that are made out of high impact plastic and are insulated. They aren't cheap, but are worth it if it will make your dog more comfortable. Make sure that you put the house up onto something, like planking or boards so it is not sitting right on the cement floor. It's too bad that you can't keep her in the house.

Answer 5

Labs have funny fur, they hold something in side of their fur cant member what it is though, it is for keeping them warm in the water I think that is what the vet said, anyway ours in his younger days would not come in the house often and lived outside, he had a log house that the hubby built him, insulated of course, he was just fine the garage is a good place for him as long as he has fresh water and food, don't forget to take him out and run him, labs love to run!

Answer 6

Dogs have been bred to live inside with people. They don't handle the cold like wolfs do. Bring her inside for heavens sake. Labs aren't really cold weather dogs. They can handle cold water because of their coat but it's not a long coat designed for a cold climate. They lived inside the dories of the fisherman in Newfoundland. That's why they had to be medium sized, to live INSIDE.

Answer 7

As long as she has blankets or bedding to keep her off the cold floor she will be fine. I have a Lab that stays outside year round. He has a house and we keep him dry bedding and he does great. He is 13 years old by the way and has lived like this all those years.

Answer 8

Buy 2 or 3 red heat lamps for her, and some kind of bed/house where she is protected from drafts

Answer 9

put yourself in his position. would you want to be out there like that, and you would only be able to lay on top of the blankets not under them... i would use some other source of heat out there

Answer 10

dogs can handle cold weather, but if you can bring her in the house at night, you both will feel better