Pets - General

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I didn't want to start a thread on this issue just a quick post.

Summer time is here. though it isn't really that hot yet, a pet can still suffer from heat stroke.

My niece text me back Friday telling me how her dog was acting. I really didn't have an answer for her and the options were wide open considering the 5 month old puppy pit mix hadn't had any shots. All the questions I ask her, her answers weren't consistent with anything I could diagnose over the phone.

Being a holiday weekend she couldn't afford to vet her until yesterday. As it turned out the pup had suffered a heat stroke and the vet said he didn't know why she was still alive. She had told me the pup was in the yard with my nephew for maybe an hour and came inside and just laid around then went under the bed and wouldn't come out or eat or drink. I had told her what to do about that and I guess that is what kept her alive til Tuesday.

If you keep a dog outside, keep it in a shaded well ventilated area. Out of the sun and with plenty of fresh water. This goes for all outside animals. They can live for days without food but won't last long without water. THEY HAVE TO HAVE WATER!

I've had 2 dogs in my life to have heat stroke, Skippy being one of them. He was in the shade with water but there was woods behind him and a building beside him so I guess he wasn't ventilated well enough in this stagnant southern environment of summer. That was several years ago, now when I leave if it is going to be 85 degrees I leave him in the house with the AC on.

ONCE A DOG HAS SUFFERED A HEAT STROKE HE IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE So keep em cool.