A temperature warning!

If your dog is panting and hot, do what responsible people do here and put a wet towel over him/her whilst he/she is lying down to cool the body temperature down.

 

Good reminder, FC. Glad your wee fella has recovered

I'm considering one of these for Ozzy for his classes because, with his thick, double coat, the heat really does take its toll on him. Interestingly, Ayla also has a double coat, she runs around like a dynamo and doesn't seem to be quite as affected

Victoria - great tip, thank you

 

I have found that whilst out walking a couple of evenings last week with Mr Kandy round our village and the heat beating down on me that I was getting breathless and had to stop and rest until the feeling went away,which was after a couple of minutes and by the time we had got home I felt fine.I assumed it was because I had eaten my evening meal and then gone out for walk too soon.

Anyway,whilst talking to a medical friend of mine the other day she said it could have been a sign of dehydration and I told her I try to keep drinking lots of water to help stop that problem.I drank loads more yesterday as I was at the lottie for three hours at tea time,but the only problem was I had to get up twice in the night to spend a penny

There is a rhumour that we might get up into the 30's today with the weather so am going ot be prepared.It was 81f outside still at 8pm last night and 79f inside so we were glad of having the fan on

 

Another tip following on from what Kandy experienced, we never leave the house without a cold bottle of water with us. It is very common to see people here walking about with a bottle of water in their hand. 'Fizzy' is good is you just want a quick quench but 'still' when you want a longer glug!

 

We found a field with one horse & one sheep in it.

Whenever the horse moved the sheep quickly followed. Watched for a while & then realised the horse was providing the only bit of shade in the field & the sheep was using him as a sunshield.

 

That's sad :( the owners should find a field with some shade in for them!

 

This is why we need our hedgerows back.....far too many are disappearing

 

Agreed Loli! And it's the birds, rodents, rabbits and insects that will benefit as well!

 

Last weekend I made myself ill by just not drinking enough. It really is easy to do. Keep your water with you at all times and take to the shade where you can.
I tend to carry a spray of cold water to give the dogs a spritz when we are out but I also always make sure I have some iced water and a bowl for them too.
Keep yourselves and your animals safe. We aren't used to this sort of heat in this country.

 

Agree on the skin theory shiney ... that is an important factor here and I am a fanatic about my skin and hair. I actually take a small bottle of water into the bedroom at night ... and we do have ceiling fans (which you need with 5 meter sloped ceilings but the fans are at about 4 meters) and a/c if needed.

We even take water when we are just going shopping and the majors (Continente, Aldi, Lidl) are all within 15 minutes of us ... you just never know what might happen on that short journey ...