yet another thinnly veiled attempt to limit hunting.

Yet again, my wonderful homestate of West Virginia finds another way to embarass the hard working people of this state. Its okay for our folks working construction and other outside jobs to freeze in the winter, and fry in the summer, but god forbid, an animal which is better equipted to deal with extremes than humans, have to be cold in the winter, or hot in the summer. Thanks Kanawha County, Not only do you harbor Charleston..one of the most unhealthy cities in the entire country, you once again make West Virginia the whipping boy of the country...and worst of all, give anti's and such, fuel for their fires.

Hello,

My name is Tucker and I am the Yellow Lab owned by Buckhunter. I learned how to type by watching him on F&S.com for many hours.

My family has a long and proud tradition of being tough dogs bred for cold weather. My forefathers were bred to brave the cold Icelandic waters to retreive fishing bouys for boats. Later my ancestors were used for retreiveing ducks for hunters on cold winter days. Lately we have been most proud to assist the handicapped so they can live a more normal life.

We do all this with joy because we love man as much as man loves us.

Despite our proud tradition there are still many of us that live painful lives. Some of us are locked up in houses all day long unable to run or be free. Some of us live in city where our paws never to get to feel soft grass.

Despite this there is a movement a foot to keep us inside even more where we grow fat and weary unable to acclimate ourselves to the weather which makes us very susceptable to disease.

I beg to all those that read these words. "Let me out!" The HSUS is not our friend.

My buddies and I have a saying when we meet at the kennel. "Bury the bone in the HSUS". He He. Dog humor is the best.

Regards,

Tucker

although I understand when it's too hot or cold you should probably bring the dog in but that's your call and isn't up to somebody else.

Great. Here go the morons again, thinking they speak for the animals. Really, we know 100 times more than they do about our dogs.

Some dogs aren't at their happiest until it's well below 40. My girlfriend's black lab/newfie's favorite weather is about 25 degrees. She seems very comfortable in much colder weather, too.

I'll cite some TV show expedition involving arctic research. The humans were wearing the most advanced extreme cold weather gear, while their black lab companions were wearing nothing but collars. They were prancing around like it was 65 degrees.

Stick it, HSUS. Y'all have no idea what you're talking about.

They have to be inside above 85. Imagine that here in Florida--in the summer, my dog would have to wait til September to go outside to pee.

I swear! What are these people thinking?! Just another attack on the sportsman and woman. So what did dogs do before heating and air conditioning? Why don't they put all their wasted energy into something like a cure for the common cold, or a longer lasting light bulb!

I am not sure about anyone else but I think I should be able to make that call. I am certainly not going to put my dog in weather that I think would hurt it... that standard of 40-85 degrees is a little ridiculous. I mean it reaches 90 and above for a good 2/3 of the year here in Florida and you see people out with their dogs all the time. You just gotta make sure to hydrate your dog and such. Basically, don'y be stupid about it and dont over-run your dog.