Summer is a time for picnics, swimming and lots of other fun activities but because of the sweltering heat, it is still necessary to take certain precautions to ensure that you and your medium-sized dog stay happy and healthy throughout this great season.
1. Do not leave your dog in the car even for a short time as temperatures can easily reach conditions which may cause heatstroke within minutes, even if the car is parked in the shade. Puppies, older dogs or short-nosed breeds like bulldogs are especicially succeptible to heatstroke.
2. Do not take your dog for walks during late mornings or afternoons, limit exercise to early mornings or evenings when it is cooler. Your dog may easily succumb to heat exhaustion in the sweltering heat (especially breeds with thicker coats or short-nosed breeds as they are less able to dispel hear from their bodies).
3. Provide more cool drinking water to your dog during this period as he will need more water to keep cool in the heat.
And check out these other important tips on keeping your pets healthy during the hot summer months in this article by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Tags: summer pet care, dog health, medium dog, medium-sized dog
2 comments:
Amazing article!! Your tips have been so useful for the pets as the summer has already been arrived.
Summer is a fun time..but in summer time sunburn can cause problems to your pet so taking care of your pet is important. i like points you made here..did get good information. thanks for sharing this post.
Vet Sydney
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