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How bad is it for the dogs feet?

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Had my young dogs out in it before dark. The snow had turned to ice and it didn't take long to cut them up a little. I'll run them hard when its all gone. They did get after some squirrels, it won't be long.

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I got a field tral this weekend and wanna run my night cham at it but he was ran once last week just been to busy I wanna run him hard but didn't know if the snow would mess up his feet to much

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If its real cold at night , try it during the day when it is a little slushy. Coons here will walk during the day if its extremely cold at night. Coons are just like us, would you come out of your nice warm bed on a cold night. Well I might if I was a male and their was a hot female a few trees down. LOL

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Turned one of mine out today it ran off for 20 mins her feet where bleeding when she got back. The snow has ice on top around here.

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I'll run a dog in the snow if it's powder but if it is crusted I won't.

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I think they're feet get conditioned for it. I run year round here in Wi.
I hit the rivers with my rig. Can cover alot of ground I normally can't get into.
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rubbing petrolium jelly on their feet helps. after a few foot injuries i tried it and it seems to work.

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In all my years of coonhunting on snow I have never had a dog get bloody feet from it. Fox dogs, yes. Coondogs, never.

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Originally posted by 1deadeye
I think they're feet get conditioned for it. I run year round here in Wi.
I hit the rivers with my rig. Can cover alot of ground I normally can't get into.
Scott

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is not the snow that keep the coon from movning it is the temputer that dues

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