I think all dogs can be worked in the rain and snow. I don't have any doubt of it. I'm just not working a dog in the rain. The only walking my dog does is from my house to my shop to be worked and sometimes on off days. I don't walk a dog in a keep any longer. I did that when I first started working dogs many years ago, but I've since dropped that as it's simply something I don't feel is needed. When I read the keep that Bert Sorrells used, I started using carpetmills, and I've not handwalked a dog since.

I simply am not trying to get sick during a keep, which in turn, makes me miss work and possibly make things worse for the dog. In the job I have, I can't go to work sick with the flu, or any significant sickness, due to the people I care for are immuno-compromised. So while I get some people do it, it's simply something I can't and won't do for aforementioned reasons.