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Loretta, mine don't have them on. When I about lost both of my Springer Spaniels, the week previous they had gone in the open water from the aerator to chase after a pair of geese. Dottie caught one and brought it to the house. After I released it (they were taught not to damage the birds) it rejoined it's mate. The next week, the temps dropped to below 0, and the wind chill was in the -25�F range. They both went in after the geese again, but after about 10 minutes they were too cold to get out. Both of them had ice on their heads already. I had just let them out to go potty and when they heard the geese, it was game on. I didn't realize they went to the pond until after they didn't come when called.

To make a long story short, I ended up grabbing an extension ladder and used it to break most of the ice from shore to the open hole. When they tried to climb up on the ice in that spot, it broke and they were able to swim close enough so I could grab 'em and toss them on the shore. It took 20 minutes in a warm shower for them to stop shivering.

That's why I now have the diffuser set so it's open all the way to shore.