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There's also the fact that dogs just shouldn't be out unsheltered in the summer. And in this summer in particular, with the extreme and dangerous heat, they really shouldn't be out at all unless there's a doggy pool or a cooling mat or something available to them.
It's just so freaking hot!
7/24/2011, 5000'. It might not look hot with all the snow around, but the snow-reflected sun is brutal on a black-backed tri. I was dripping sweat. We were stopping in every shade we could find. The only time I have to wait for these dogs is above timberline in hot sun.
This is the first trial of our new ChillyBuddy(TM) cooling vest, and I believe the thing actually works. She tolerated it well, and seemed to pant less and walk faster with it on. Snow helps of course, but we were on dry rocky trail, too.
Sophisticated design. The outside is space-blanket mylar shreds, woven and breathable. The inside is cotton mesh, you keep it wet for evaporative cooling (when water is scarce, put it in a plastic bag and add leftover dog drinking water).
I got it from Clean Run. This is the Medium size. Gwynnie is 20 lbs, a small corgi. I might shorten the belly band, but a Small is too small. There's a slit at the withers for a dorsal leash.
It shields against extraterrestrial brainwave implants, too, especially with a tinfoil helmet. You have to make that yourself.
Tasha mistook Gwennie's ChillyBuddy cooling vest for a spacesuit. She says the tinfoil helmet would be the perfect topper!
Thanks for the cool thoughts photographs - it has been a heat index of 115 here in Virginia with suffocating humidity. The corgis are all too happy to keep a low profile stretched out on the tile flooring!
All the best, Nancy
Nope. No shaving. Sunburn, heatrash, bugs, bites, etc.
Shade, cool the belly, lots and lots of clean water and Bear will be fine.
Recently, our heat index has been 115 with awful humidity. How I am craving a snowstorm!!
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