WyoTraveler: I certainly hope you reported your neighbors to the proper authorities for animal cruelty on that -30 night. That would be constructive activism on behalf of animals. Flaming someone online behind your anonymous keyboard is not constructive.
You were not asked to apologize for how you treat your dog. Your passive-aggressive self victimization is transparent and inappropriate. Your self righteous and mean comments to the poster speak louder about your character than your self proclaimed love of animals.
I used a lot of big words. Look them up.