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Greets all,
We plan on retiring to the pacific coast of Costa Rica, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The winters here are cold, and our pomeranian has double-coated fur. I asked our current vet here in the U.S., whether the heat on the pacific coast of Costa Rica would have any negative effects on our pomeranian. He did not seem to think so, the rational being that air could flow between the two fur coats. Can anyone with a long haired or doubled-coated dog, living in Costa Rica, provide me with any insight or advice.
Soldier: Just how do you think a long haired, double coated Pomeranian dog would feel on the Costa Rican coast in 95 degree heat and 95% humidity. Do us all a favor and leave the Vet in Philly, or better yet bring him with two coats and put him on the beach and let the air flow thru!!!!!
orcas06,
Thanks for your input. However, leaving my pet/friend in Philly, is not an option, there are three or four murders a day, here in Philly!
I live in Houston,Texas which is as humid and warm as the pacifc coast of CR. We had two Bichon Frizes who lived with us here for 15 to 17 years and did fine. Granted however they were in our home most of the time and of course it is air conditioned as we do not have a nice ocean breeze like CR coast has. The Bichons are double coated as well and we kept their coat long with no issues and one loved going outside, the other was more an indoor dog.
I have visited to the pacific coast in CR and to be honst would not take my pets there with the double coat with our air conditioning of a being in the mountains some back from the beach enough to get a cooler temp. Hope another has more on point experience for you. Do you plan to air condition things? If so I woud say no issue.
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Soldier: We have a German Shepherd and at first it is hard for them to adjust to heat–esecially those with thicker/longer hair. Our other dog is a Tico mix (long hair) we adopted and we shave him once every two months or so. He seemed to like swimming in our pool until we shaved him. We have fans on our porch, leave plenty of water and do run the A/C part of the day–all of which help with the heat. The humidity is only bothersome part of the year.
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