Dogs loving stove
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My dog knows that his job is to protect the hot stove from evildoers.
Not one attack has been attempted while he is on guard.
Not one attack has been attempted while he is on guard.
thats a cool pic. my wife and i have just started to think about a dog. got a kid on the way in may and we'd like to get it before the kid arrives. then there will be 3 kids in the me the dog and the kid.
My cats live in front of the woodstove . . . I often have to move them out of the way to reload the stove . . . one cat even uses the hearth as a pillow.
I think my dog has an unhealthy relationship with the insert. She lays right on the hearth for hours, way inside the combustibles clearances. At reload time she makes an annoyed groaning noise when I tell her to get out of the way. Kinda like she's mumbling something under her breath about how she likes the stove so much more than her owner...
I got curious the other day after feeling how hot her stove-side fur was, so I shot her with the IR thermometer. Highest reading was 168 °F !! I'm not even burning full loads yet. Does anyone know the spontaneous ignition temperature of a dog?
I got curious the other day after feeling how hot her stove-side fur was, so I shot her with the IR thermometer. Highest reading was 168 °F !! I'm not even burning full loads yet. Does anyone know the spontaneous ignition temperature of a dog?
midwestcoast said:
Hehheh . . . reminded me of an incident a few weeks ago when we had some friends over and one of our cats headed behind the stove where she likes to curl up and sleep . . . they were yelling for the cat to come out since they were afraid she would burst into flame.
I got curious the other day after feeling how hot her stove-side fur was, so I shot her with the IR thermometer. Highest reading was 168 °F !! I'm not even burning full loads yet. Does anyone know the spontaneous ignition temperature of a dog?[/quote]
Yikes, my cat was 120* the other night and I thought that was hot.
Yikes, my cat was 120* the other night and I thought that was hot.
ecocavalier02 said:
Congratulations on the baby! I love babies and dogs. I would recommend finding an older (3-6 years old) dog that is good with kids and friendly and playful. I'm personally terribly fond of Golden Retrievers and Labs. Here's my toddler with my dog-
Go to a shelter that has a play yard and find the one that comes to you and that likes to played with, likes to be petted, doesn't mind being roughhoused with but doesn't snap, stuff like that.
~Rose
kayakkeith said:
My two boxers are the same way. There are days in the winter when they won't move from the front of the stove for nothing. There are even times I join em and fall asleep. Gotta love them
midwestcoast said:
I am fairly sure my female golden would not only survive, but probably enjoy/absorb the heat wave from a small thermonuke..
Converting it directly into "nap energy", which seems to be her superpower.
My Wheaten Terrier wants nothing to do with the insert. He likes it cold--his bed is next to the slider to the deck and he'll sleep there for hours, even in the middle of winter.
It's just dipping into the upper 30's here in the SE of Mass, stove is cruising at about 375 and both K-9's are parked, They're coats are so warm when you touch them. I wonder if the stove temps affect their 'conditioning' to the cold when they are outside?
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