By Carol Beuchat PhD
We are entering a new time as residents of earth. As of a few days ago, we are breaking global heat records every day, and this will continue for the forseable future. Just yesterday, a biker in California stopped to help a group of overheated and dehydrated hikers, and while they all made it home safety, the hero biker died.
| Reasonable people that make a small mistake while outside in extreme temperatures can die in this heat. Our dogs are at even higher risk, because it's easy for us to underestimate how the environment affects them. If you find youself with a heat-stressed dog, it is critical that you make the correct decisions immediately. There is all sorts of "advice" on how to treat a hyperthermic dog, most of it based on little more than something somebody read someplace on Facebook. If your dog is in distressed, you need information based on science and medicine. |  |
Here is a very timely publication with FACTUAL information about how to respond to heat stress in dogs. It debunks some of the common, but incorrect, recommendations you have probably heard. We need to displace those incorrect suggestions bouncing around on the internet with FACTS and DATA.
Read this paper. Share it with your friends with dogs.
Read this paper. Share it with your friends with dogs.
The key information:
"Heat-related illness (HRI) is a potentially fatal disorder that can occur in dogs following exercise or exposure to hot environments. While many risk factors can affect the probability of HRI occurring, the priority for treating dogs with HRI is early and rapid reduction in their core body temperature to limit disease progression. Cold-water immersion (conductive cooling) and water spray with air movement (evaporative cooling) are the recommended treatments for dogs with HRI, with cooling attempts in dogs with HRI being strongly advised to take place prior to transportation for veterinary care."
"Heat-related illness (HRI) is a potentially fatal disorder that can occur in dogs following exercise or exposure to hot environments. While many risk factors can affect the probability of HRI occurring, the priority for treating dogs with HRI is early and rapid reduction in their core body temperature to limit disease progression. Cold-water immersion (conductive cooling) and water spray with air movement (evaporative cooling) are the recommended treatments for dogs with HRI, with cooling attempts in dogs with HRI being strongly advised to take place prior to transportation for veterinary care."
The bottom line:
COOL FIRST. TRANSPORT SECOND.
COOL FIRST. TRANSPORT SECOND.
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