Keeping your dog
COOL!!
Here are a list of things you can do at shows, and at home, to keep your best friend nice and cool during the dog days of summer!
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At Home:
- Keep lots of water out for them to drink at all times.
- Make sure they always have shade from the sun.
- Put a tray of ice cubes in their water for them to munch on.
- Buy a baby wading pool and fill it with water for them to splash in.
- If at all possible, keep them inside or in a cool place in the hotest hours of the day.
- Give them a few fans turned up on high!
- You can purchase special doggie "water beds" that you can freeze, then put out for them to lay on.
- Always provide them with cold water to drink.
- Keep a cooler of ice and water with you at all times.
- Purchase a bandana that chemically stays cool so you can wrap it around their neck.
- Get a cooling blanket to drap over them.
- Drap a white or light-colored sheet over their crate, or car, to keep out the sun.
- Keep a spray bottle full of water with you to spritz them down with. (Even though your dog may be judged wet, it is better than him dying of heat stroke!)
- If they become too hot, cool them down as soon as possible by:
- Draping them with cold, wet sheets.
- If male, holding cold water or buffered ice to their testicles.
- Holding cold water or buffered ice to their bellies and armpits.
- Did I mention having lots of water?
