In the southeast (NC) it has been sub-freezing the last few days but gets to the high 30's/low 40's during the day. So it is not the extremes of the Midwestern states or the northern states/Canada. A set of young pups really do not understand geography but for them cold is cold so the responsibilities are much the same. I get the benefit of cold weather but our days are nothing like others. We do get above freezing regularly.

I liked the parasite comment from above. One thing about NC is last week it was freezing temperatures all week, some ice here and there and then on Friday it was over 70. During a rub down I found a tick on the dog. In December. The dogs pose problems wherever we call home. Just different and to different extremes. EWO