Cold weather breeds in hot climates?

 I don't think so.  Ron's dog Shadow is a lab/husky cross.  He was just explaining his origions I believe and explaining why he referred to a lab as a northern breed. 

Ohhhhh, ok, thanks. Haha, I was pretty lost for a sec!

it still makes no sense- if the dog's internal body temp is 102, then there is thick fur, then there is 95 degree air, where does this mysterious cooler air come from to be trapped in the fur?  stick your hand down in there it sure doesn't feel cooler. I agree the dog shouldn't be shaved to the skin, but my experience is dogs experience considerable heat relief if shaved down. We shave both of our double-coated mutts bellies every summer and they get so much perkier afterwards, can press that skin against cool surfaces or cool water and release body heat. The Danes naturally come with little fur, and while they do heat up faster than the double-coated dogs during activity due simply to their size they recover much faster because they have no fur trapping that body heat next to their skin. Plus you can cold-hose them, scrape, and cold-hose, just like a body-clipped horse, and really help them dump body heat. Can't do that with a shaggy dog, the water just rapidly heats up and now you have a dog with hot water trapped next to his skin.

Anyway, I actually think labs are one of the least heat tolerant dogs. Much worse than huskies. Not only do they have that thick double coat, they have that insulating blubber layer under the skin and a thick blocky structure with little surface area for heat radiation.

Penny's undercoat doesn't even get wet when she jumps in the water. I figure it must just be like the way wading in water makes me nice and cool, even when I'm trapped inside a rubber pair of waders! She comes out invigorated and full of energy, and as long as the water is evaporating off the top coat, I figure it must continue to feel cool to her. Anyway, I kid you not, it is next to impossible to get Penny's undercoat wet. It just doesn't happen. It takes shampoo to dissolve the natural oils in her coat before the water penetrates to her skin. So she's always dry in there. She never feels the need to wallow in water all day if it's hot. Instead she seeks out shade like the rest of us. And like I said, she comes out from under the house feeling cooler than my skin does. Her coat isn't that thick on her belly, but if I sink my fingers into the thicker fur on her back when she comes out from the cool under-house, she feels cool all the way down to her skin.

I did feel bad for the Huskies I saw while staying in the tropical north of the country, though. They looked pretty miserable. They seem to do fine in Sydney climate, though, which is about the equivalent to LA, only maybe a tad warmer.