Hot Weather And Your Dog's Health

Some summers in Oklahoma can be extremely hot and
humid. All of our dogs much prefer the colder
months of winter. Owning dogs in the summer
requires special precautions by the canine
owner. Dogs are not as well adapted for hot
weather as are humans.

In nature, canines are most active in the
evenings, early mornings, and it night. Words
and coyotes, for example, do almost all of their
hunting in the cool night time hours. The hot
daylight hours are spent relaxing and sleeping
in a school of place as they can possibly find.
Dog owners should take note of these distant
cousins to their pets and how they cope with
extremely hot weather.

It breaks my heart to be driving down the road
and see a dog tied to the dog house with little
or no shade around except for having to enter
the hot dog house. A dogs temperature can
rapidly rise when being directly exposed to the
sun on a hot day. Heatstroke can occur in
canines just as it occurs in humans when body
temperatures rise beyond a safe limit.

Of course it's for best to bring your dogs
indoors during the hottest times of the day. If
this is not possible for some reason, always
make sure your dog has access to plenty of shade
in a well ventilated front or backyard. On the
occasions when I have to leave my dogs outside
while I am gone on a very hot day I always make
sure to use the water hose to wet down the areas
in the shade where I know they will be spending
their time.

Oftentimes the dogs will dig holes looking for
cooler soil to relax in. When they do that, I
always leave the holes alone and do not cover
them out during the summer. Then I can always
spray some water into the holes and help my dogs
stay cool when they do have to remain outside on
very hot days.I especially worry about the older
dogs who suffer from dog arthritis.

And of course always make sure that your dogs
have quantity of fresh water to drink when the
weather becomes extreme in the summertime. This
is very important and helps them avoid heat
related problems when temperatures rise.
Additionally, some dogs enjoy a sprinkler in the
area where they can enter it and cool off when
they wish. This is an extremely effective method
for keeping the dogs comfortable who must remain
outside. The small cost involved in providing
the sprinkler for the dogs during the hottest
hours of the day is small compared to the
benefit the canines will receive.

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