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FYI for summer I was looking up heat exhaustion / heat stroke & came across some interesting info: 1) Dogs don't sweat, they inhale through their nose, the excess body heat is picked up & it's expelled through their mouths, that's why they pant 2) When it's only 72 degrees outside the inside of your car is already about 20 degrees hotter. 3) A dogs normal body temp. is 101-102, when their body temp. reaches about 105 damage can begin. 4) When it's 80 degrees out it can climb to 102 degrees inside of your car in about 10-15 min, cracking the windows does NOTHING to help. 5) Even if your home in the yard, if it's hot enough they can still suffer from heat, & a hot & humid day is of more concern. 6) Only 10- 15 min. of exposure can cause damage or death in your pet. Some signs of trouble: Rapid, frantic panting Wide eyes Bright red tongue Vomiting Staggering Diarrhea Refusal to obey commands Coma Here's a link for more info: http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-...illnesses.html |
You know what? I am glad you posted this. It was 96 here yesterday. Izzy was not acting right and I was guessing it was the heat. She is usually running and always trying to chase Cody - who is always trying to avoid her :p and yesterday she was just laying around. I did think maybe she was to hot. I even gave her some NutriCal cause I was worried. I am thinking of doing some sort of summer cut for her. Do you guys think that helps to keep them cooler? She is only 5 months old and her fur is BLACK AND THICK. I am trying to let it grow long, but after yesterday I am thinking of a shorter cut. How do you suggest grooming a yorkie for summer? Specific type of cut I should mention to the groomer???:confused: |
Great Info We should print it out and post on cars with dogs left in them. I hate seeing this. |
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Thanks for posting this! It's really important to know that dogs can't "cool off" quickly like humans do. Once they overheat, you're at a critical moment. It's best to put them somewhere cool and maybe drape a damp towel over their chest or something to help bring their temperature down. |
I'm glad your finding it interesting also :)... I didn't really think it was a concern when we're at home, but when I saw that it can happen even if their in the shade at home I was very surprised...I only heard about heat exhaustion/stroke when they where in the car.... |
Thanks for the post! Good tips for all to know! We took Mojo w/ us to our family cemeteries on Saturday for our decoration. It was miserable! Hot, humid, sticky.....yuck! We have a cooling pad that we got from PetEdge and we keep that w/ us where ever we go. Plus, we bought on of those volcanic ash heating/cooling pads (we got ours at Target) and we put that in the ice chest also. (it has a nice soft cover on it). We go to a lot of car shows and events and Mojo goes w/ us. These work well. We, of course, always have TONS of frozen bottles of water and we all drink from those. Mojo will drink right out of the bottle. We did buy him a folding travel bottle too (PetEdge), that we will throw in the ice chest this summer. Mojo has long thick hair and it is getting cut this week. I almost hate to get it cut off, but I know he will feel sooo much better with it short. Thankfully, his hair grows back pretty fast. |
thanks for the info. Here is South Florida it gets very hot!!!!! |
For any one wanting to cut their yorkies hair to cool them...you probably weren't talking about real short but I did run across a few sites that doesn't recommended cutting the dogs hair so short that it's close to the skin because the skin will sunburn...just another FYI :) |
Great info. Thanks for posting! |
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