keeping your dogs cool

[mikeball 108]

This is my first outside dog and I'm just wanting some tips on keeping them cool when its hot also any tips on keeping ferrets cool I've just been putting a shallow dish of water in the hutch for them to play in thanks

[tb25 4,627]

with the dogs i just make sure they have shade and ferrits i put a rostin tray in there they love it

[rocky1 942]

shelter and acces 2 water at all times

[willbur 3]

with the dogs i just make sure they have shade and ferrits i put a rostin tray in there they love it

lots of shade and maybe a paddling pool for when its really hot ! i took pagan to a show on sat and to keep her cool she had plenty of water and a kept covering her in water aswell , was in the beer tent and a bloke stroked her and said arh mate your dogs really sweating i look at him and as i was about to talk his mate started laughing and told him dogs dont sweat that way had to

chuckle on that ! lol

[bird 10,014]

same as the above plenty of water 24/7, and take the dogs out late in the day 9.30pm onwards just short walks, no point in getting to hot with long walks, rest them in summer, we all need to recharge the batteries

[mikeball 108]

Thanks for replys she's got plenty of shade and water I walk her about 7ish in the morning and about 8ish at night

[TOMO 29,523]

for the ferrets i have herd of a neat trick but never tried it....... get a large flat smooth boulder from a river or the sea,,,, put it in a feezer over night,,,, then put it in the hutch....apparantly they lie on it or next to it...... like i say ive never treid it,,, and i dont know how long it stays cold,,, but it sounds a good idea

[skycat 6,174]

Easier to put coke bottles of water in the freezer over night: don't fill them too full! Then put in the hutch during the day. I would imagine the stone stays cold longer though. Just like stones heated in a fire can boil water.

[toffee 76]

This is my first outside dog and I'm just wanting some tips on keeping them cool when its hot also any tips on keeping ferrets cool I've just been putting a shallow dish of water in the hutch for them to play in thanks

if your out in hot weather water under the chest keeps the dogs cool as there able to store it an stay at a cool temp.

[skycat 6,174]

Also....... spray or dribble cold water down the insides of the hind legs: this is where the big blood vessels are just beneath the skin: cool those vessels and the blood running through them and the cooled blood is circulated through the rest of the body, reducing the temperature of the internal organs.

 

I also hang white sheets (reflects the sun's rays) in front of kennels and hutches, and spray with cold water at regular intervals.

[frankel 2,123]

try puttin a icepack in for the ferrets with a towel over it so they can lay about on it if they get too warm.. and for the dogs walk them early in the morning and last thing at night... i have been letting mine swim about in the river.. and make sure they have plenty of water.

[Neal 1,930]

I've got three kelpies so I tend to get the opposite problem: mine spend all day trying to find the hottest place in the garden or run to lie in. When it's eventually hot enough to melt tarmac they occasionaly seek some shade in the kennel. Daft buggers!

 

I hasten to add that despite this, they do always have access to water (which they rarely drink) and shade.

Edited July 6, 2011 by Neal

[undisputed 1,664]

Lacoste baseball hat Ray ban shades and a nice burberry coat...cool and sharp

[ferretsandhawks 47]

ROCK SULPHAR get that in your dogs bowl it works well and its also a conditioner for the dogs and its no more than a fiver and that will last up to 6 weeks also a freezer pack in a couple of pillar cases for the ferrets works really well,good luck but get on that ROCK SULPHAR

[jf1970 328]

come and live in the west of ireland, you won't have any problem keeping them cool here