I'm glad that a little sheltie touched your life. They're lovely dogs.
Dogs are actually very adaptable to different climates, as long as they have had time to acclimate. As long as he stayed hydrated, a double-coated dog would probably do fine in tropical weather...the Shetland climate is actually very wet, it's just, unlike Fla., also cold. In hot, arid climates, the double coat actually helps the dog maintain temperature; given sufficient shade and water, a husky, for instance, is less likely to suffer heatstroke than something short haired, like a dachshund.
The main mistake people make with double coated dogs in hot weather is to shave them. It's never a good idea; it reduces the dog's natural ability to thermoregulate and sometimes irreparably damages the coat.
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Date: 2009-06-14 04:18 am (UTC)Dogs are actually very adaptable to different climates, as long as they have had time to acclimate. As long as he stayed hydrated, a double-coated dog would probably do fine in tropical weather...the Shetland climate is actually very wet, it's just, unlike Fla., also cold. In hot, arid climates, the double coat actually helps the dog maintain temperature; given sufficient shade and water, a husky, for instance, is less likely to suffer heatstroke than something short haired, like a dachshund.
The main mistake people make with double coated dogs in hot weather is to shave them. It's never a good idea; it reduces the dog's natural ability to thermoregulate and sometimes irreparably damages the coat.