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Post by gailoh on Jun 20, 2017 20:34:05 GMT
A thread to help and remind everyone on summer heat and our pets. Please feel free to add your thoughts on how to help protect them...
Keeping pets home instead of having them in cars/trucks...
If they are outside pets make sure they have shade, a clean water bowl and fresh water
If you walk them please remember they are lower to the ground and heat up faster, better to walk in morning when pavement is cooler or on the grass. Have a portable water bowl for them, water for them and you. Their feet pads can get burns as well....
My dog (was my daughters,rescued from a land fill) will not come inside so we have it where she can come in and out of our garage, we have put a box fan in the garage as well for her and plenty of cool water.
If you can, check on older neighbors and their pets...
Out west is having such high temperature please help where you can. I will keep bringing this thread up til summer is over to help remind where I can and hope it may help someone to check on pets and neighbors...please look out for the kids and yourself...stay safe...hugs
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 20, 2017 20:49:24 GMT
There are those dogs who just don't like to be indoors. I had a boyfriend in Georgia (it was really hot there in July) with a dog who lived in a large tennis court on his property that was very well shaded (very shaded) and he just took Boo water and food. I thought it was so cruel until *I* tried to bring the dog in the house. He would not sit down or rest until he was back outside. Boo was a great dog and he was loveable but did NOT want to be indoors.
We had a black standard poodle who would sit in the backyard and stare at the house. We aren't outdoorsy people at all. I mean it kills me to be outside and this dog of ours wants to be outside all the freaking time. He was surrounded by fencing and could not get out so he was safe, it was just hot out back. We would tell him to get in the house. It's too hot for you. No, he was happy he was outside for hours. I don't get it. He was also jet black so his fur would absorb the heat something awful. Crazy old man.
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Post by gailoh on Jun 20, 2017 20:59:34 GMT
LOL...we tried training her but think it was because she was left at this landfill when she was a pup, she has black fur as well...she is a happy doggie though and we love her...
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Post by FurryP on Jun 21, 2017 2:11:40 GMT
Reminder: Older pets can tolerate heat/cold much less than younger ones. Dogs can get skin cancer also. Use sunscreen where ever your pet's skin is exposed. (like the skin near their nose) Heat stroke signs in dogs (probably cats, too) Rapid panting Bright red tongue Red or pale gums Thick, sticky saliva Depression Weakness Dizziness Vomiting - sometimes with blood Diarrhea Shock Coma here is a link: Heatstroke in dogs - Pet EducationThank you Gail for helping to keep the pets safe! |
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Post by FurryP on Jun 21, 2017 2:16:06 GMT
P.S.
Outdoor dogs can learn to love the inside also. My sisters dogs were outdoor dogs, and they refused to stay inside. When they got older they decided that cushy beds, AC, and being inside with the pack was much nicer!
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Post by azredhead on Jun 21, 2017 2:37:54 GMT
Pia thinks she's an outside dog, I think that's the Akita in her, but as I mentioned in the AZ heat thread I don't let her go out there and sit like she does in the evening it's still too hot. If it's too hot for our feet it is for theres. She goes to the vet on Thurs for shots and nail trimming I'm going to have them check her pads they look rough already. Even our so called 'grass' is too hot.She does like icecubes! And the pool, it just needs to get clean right now. But she usually sits on the steps. She's swimmer too.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 21, 2017 2:54:10 GMT
My dog wants to always be on the other side of the door. It was 90 degrees today (in Colorado with low humidity) and both of my dogs much preferred the downstairs with the air conditioning. If we forget to fill a water bowl, my sheltie will camp out at the entrance to the kitchen to remind us. We did go for a couple of walks when it was in the 80's and that was more than enough for all of us. We have too many large wild beasts outdoors to let them be outside. We used to let them hang outside for hours if they chose to, but after a family of big ass bears took residence in my neighbor's yard for 10 hours, I decided the dogs shouldn't be outside without supervision.
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Post by Really Red on Jun 21, 2017 2:56:23 GMT
Dogs need their fur to stay cool! Do not shave your dogs in the summer!
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Post by gailoh on Jun 21, 2017 11:51:25 GMT
Reminder: Older pets can tolerate heat/cold much less than younger ones. Dogs can get skin cancer also. Use sunscreen where ever your pets skin is exposed. (like the skin near their nose) Heat stroke signs in dogs (probably cats, too) Rapid panting Bright red tongue Red or pale gums Thick, sticky saliva Depression Weakness Dizziness Vomiting - sometimes with blood Diarrhea Shock Coma here is a link: Heatstroke in dogs - Pet EducationThank you Gail for helping to keep the pets safe! Thank you so much FurryP for this list it is exactly what I am wanting PeaPower Peas to do and you are #1 to me for this...you are most welcome on e bring it up and it really made my morning when I have been struggling feeling really down of late...thank you |
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Post by gailoh on Jun 21, 2017 11:53:55 GMT
Dogs need their fur to stay cool! Do not shave your dogs in the summer! Thank you for that reminder, my neighbor had her cat shaved and I know that can not be good , sun/cancer? I know that long haired kitties do get big matts but those need just cut off not all the fur like this kitty is, it is growing in but still... |
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Post by gailoh on Jun 21, 2017 11:55:14 GMT
My dog wants to always be on the other side of the door. It was 90 degrees today (in Colorado with low humidity) and both of my dogs much preferred the downstairs with the air conditioning. If we forget to fill a water bowl, my sheltie will camp out at the entrance to the kitchen to remind us. We did go for a couple of walks when it was in the 80's and that was more than enough for all of us. We have too many large wild beasts outdoors to let them be outside. We used to let them hang outside for hours if they chose to, but after a family of big ass bears took residence in my neighbor's yard for 10 hours, I decided the dogs shouldn't be outside without supervision. it shows you love your kids...the 4 legged ones..lol |
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Post by gailoh on Jun 21, 2017 11:57:08 GMT
Pia thinks she's an outside dog, I think that's the Akita in her, but as I mentioned in the AZ heat thread I don't let her go out there and sit like she does in the evening it's still too hot. If it's too hot for our feet it is for theres. She goes to the vet on Thurs for shots and nail trimming I'm going to have them check her pads they look rough already. Even our so called 'grass' is too hot.She does like icecubes! And the pool, it just needs to get clean right now. But she usually sits on the steps. She's swimmer too. awww...another good mommy...we really love them, they give so much back don't they? |
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Post by gailoh on Jun 21, 2017 11:59:50 GMT
P.S. Outdoor dogs can learn to love the inside also. My sisters dogs were outdoor dogs, and they refused to stay inside. When they got older they decided that cushy beds, AC, and being inside with the pack was much nicer! and i so agree with them, now that I am older I try and walk in the morning ,outside by 5:30 am ...and in AC for most of the day unless I am on the patio with a cool drink ( mostly ice water ) and under the umbrella... |
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Post by FurryP on Jun 21, 2017 23:42:47 GMT
Thank you so much FurryP for this list it is exactly what I am wanting PeaPower Peas to do and you are #1 to me for this...you are most welcome on e bring it up and it really made my morning when I have been struggling feeling really down of late...thank you I am sorry you are not feeling so chipper Gail.  Think of your furbabies. I am sure that will make you smile for a bit. Their antics, mis-behaviors, their personality traits. Mine make me laugh all the time. |
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Post by gailoh on Jun 21, 2017 23:58:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 1:18:48 GMT
I shaved my cat. He still had some stud crud and a bunch of matts.
He is Orange. I shaved everything but his mane and the tip of his tail. He looks like a tiny simba.
My PSA. If you have an orange cat with pink nose and lips
Or a tortoiseshell. And they develop black spots, you need to watch for melanomas.
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Post by gailoh on Jun 22, 2017 11:50:29 GMT
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Post by gailoh on Jun 22, 2017 11:52:43 GMT
I shaved my cat. He still had some stud crud and a bunch of matts. He is Orange. I shaved everything but his mane and the tip of his tail. He looks like a tiny simba. My PSA. If you have an orange cat with pink nose and lips Or a tortoiseshell. And they develop black spots, you need to watch for melanomas. That is why my neighbor had her Orange kitty done...she could not safely cut the fur because they were so bad...thank you forsaying why to keep a watch on them for skin cancer |
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Post by gailoh on Jun 22, 2017 22:06:13 GMT
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Post by gailoh on Jun 23, 2017 11:13:00 GMT
btt...grrr heavy rain today and the humidity is very high...putting food bowls under the screen porch for outside woods kitties and the kitty houses my hubby made for them that come around so it is not soaked...
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Post by gailoh on Jun 24, 2017 12:58:17 GMT
btt...going to be a nice day out today...finally ...
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Post by gailoh on Jun 24, 2017 20:10:42 GMT
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Post by FurryP on Jun 24, 2017 23:06:31 GMT
Sort of heat related:
I thought of something that may be useful for people with multiple indoor pets.
There have been times when I have had 2 additional dogs at my house. I VISUALLY count them when I am leaving the house to make sure one did not get left outside by accident. I must physically see them at the time I am leaving.
WHY? Because both my sister and I have accidentally left one out! Fortunately it was not during hot season, and fortunately not for much longer than an hour, but I think to myself, what if?
I would be devastated if anything happened to one of them because of my negligence. We have very hot summers here. What if I left one out and I was gone for 3-4 hours? With no water?
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Post by gailoh on Jun 25, 2017 12:26:02 GMT
Good advice FurryP
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Post by gailoh on Jun 26, 2017 12:29:05 GMT
btt...the pets are loving our weather yesterday today and tomorrow...very cool nights and not
humid during the day...got my walk in early before 5:30...
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Post by gailoh on Jun 27, 2017 0:48:15 GMT
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Post by gailoh on Jun 27, 2017 11:40:46 GMT
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Post by craftykitten on Jun 27, 2017 12:22:23 GMT
I'm in thr UK and it rarely gets hot enough to worry about but weve had some quite high temps lately (although it's cooler today).
We have rodents - a rat, a chinchilla, two degus - and I've been putting a fan near them (but not directly on them), with an ice block from the freezer to blow the cold air around. The rat and the degus get ice cubes to lick and the chinchilla has a cold slab. They are tricky to keep cool!
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Post by FurryP on Jun 28, 2017 0:05:41 GMT
It sure is hot out today.....
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Post by gailoh on Jun 29, 2017 10:51:09 GMT
Thank you Ladies, my husband is in the hospital running more test today....
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