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« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2011, 03:53:59 pm »

wasn't the arabian horse bred to be heat tolerant?
You're exactly right Reuben.
Another thing I thought of last night while pondering this idea of Dinah's....we have forgotten to mention Bergman's Law, which states that as you move farther from the equator, the size of the animals gets larger, in order to be more cold tolerant. So that would of course work in the reverse, smaller dogs should be more heat tolerant than larger ones.

Everyone wants a big bad azz dog but looks like the little buzzsaws are going to be the best bet.

A 50-60 pound dog is a good weight for a large hunting dog, after that the bigger they get the more endurance/heat exhaustion issues. That is how I see it.

Firemedic, Bergman's law is a new one for me.  but it makes sense...
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« Reply #21 on: August 26, 2011, 04:45:40 pm »

Well take a look at it from a human aspect. You take someone that was born and raised in canada they would probably die if they stepped out of a building down here right now. Good head scratcher for sure.

Guess if anybody wants to prove it viable. The next litter of winter pups I have. I will throw them in the oven for some desert training. Lol laugh


Dude, gotta disagree with that statement lol. My husband was born and raised in Saskatchewan till he was around 20, then moved down here. He handles the heat better than I do and I was raised in Texas heat.
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« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2011, 04:49:14 pm »

Well take a look at it from a human aspect. You take someone that was born and raised in canada they would probably die if they stepped out of a building down here right now. Good head scratcher for sure.

Guess if anybody wants to prove it viable. The next litter of winter pups I have. I will throw them in the oven for some desert training. Lol laugh


Dude, gotta disagree with that statement lol. My husband was born and raised in Saskatchewan till he was around 20, then moved down here. He handles the heat better than I do and I was raised in Texas heat.
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« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2011, 04:56:22 pm »

eth , i'm afraid that you are fixin to get a hard time my friend . Grin Grin
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« Reply #24 on: August 26, 2011, 05:03:39 pm »

eth , i'm afraid that you are fixin to get a hard time my friend . Grin Grin
Oh well its all in good fun! Grin
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« Reply #25 on: August 26, 2011, 05:27:29 pm »

eth , i'm afraid that you are fixin to get a hard time my friend . Grin Grin
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                    yessir,  it beats days of our lives when its too hot to work lol
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« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2011, 05:57:34 pm »

Well take a look at it from a human aspect. You take someone that was born and raised in canada they would probably die if they stepped out of a building down here right now. Good head scratcher for sure.

Guess if anybody wants to prove it viable. The next litter of winter pups I have. I will throw them in the oven for some desert training. Lol laugh


Dude, gotta disagree with that statement lol. My husband was born and raised in Saskatchewan till he was around 20, then moved down here. He handles the heat better than I do and I was raised in Texas heat.

Since humans don't live outside in the elements, and put coats on at will or dress lightly, also have indoor heating and cooling,  it would be hard to count humans as good test subjects.
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« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2011, 09:51:26 pm »

Well take a look at it from a human aspect. You take someone that was born and raised in canada they would probably die if they stepped out of a building down here right now. Good head scratcher for sure.

Guess if anybody wants to prove it viable. The next litter of winter pups I have. I will throw them in the oven for some desert training. Lol laugh


Dude, gotta disagree with that statement lol. My husband was born and raised in Saskatchewan till he was around 20, then moved down here. He handles the heat better than I do and I was raised in Texas heat.
I will not go for the smack. But I would say there are exceptions. But in general I would say where you are born rather than the time of year makes a bigger difference. Is is never cold down here except last winter.

But I think bidy build has more to do with heat tollerence than anything. Tall skinny handles heat better and shorter thicker handles cold better. Just look at the native people in any area before fast transportation and a/c. The population in Houston exploded with the a/c being put in houses. I know I have added a few punds and my heat tollerance has dropped. I used to work all day in the 100 degree heat with just water. I would die now. I think it is the extra lbs. I plan to lose it but just so I can hunt more Grin Skinny hunting dogs needed down here.
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« Reply #28 on: August 27, 2011, 05:48:05 am »

I watched a documentary years back and they were saying that the eskimo had big fatty cheeks because of the cold cold environment. The fatty cheeks acts as insulation against the extreme cold weather.
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« Reply #29 on: August 28, 2011, 01:19:24 am »

I don't think it matters when they are born. They may get better conditioning from the natural heat of the summer. But give any dog time to climatize and he will do better hot or cold. Don't think it will last a life time. This is just my opinion. I do not like to tend to puppies in 100 degree weather. What I have noticed is hyper,excited dogs go out fast. Layed back,or experinced dogs will last longer. I know that sounds obvious. But those who are line breeding can put a little too much in a dog and end up with one that will be short winded same in horses. You got to cool that blood off once in a while. This will probably stir some one up. But bark and bite won't do much good with out the stick.unless you hunt 50 acres or a rodeo cowboy.   
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