Careful of warm weather - heatstroke in dogs.

[kita1]

Just read on a forum of a Dogue De Bordeaux (in the north of England) collapsing due to heat stroke. Sadly he died at the vets hours later, despite the fact they got him to the vet 10 mins after he had collapsed.

I know that it does not feel to us like summer yet, but remember that some dogs really cannot take even this amount of heat.

Be careful if you are leaving dogs in cars - or are even just out and about with them, this dog had just had his normal walk late on Sunday afternoon. His owners are absolutely devastated.

Don't let the warm weather catch you out!!

[daneswalk]

sorry to hear about the dog that died i have a cocker spaniel she is four years old when i take her for her walks i always make sure we are near water so she can have a drink or a swim its not a problem as we live four minutes from the beach i hope other people read your thread and take the usual precautions with there dogs

[carlton23]

Perhaps it had been fed an easter egg.

[lankeela]

A couple of years ago a man was carting two Dogues round a game fair all morning on a really hot day. When one collapsed he rushed to our stall saying it needed some food!
We soaked it with cold water from our dogs' bowls and bottles, then sent for buckets of water from the nearby lake which we poured all over, particularly on the stomach which cools them quickly. We sent the man to get his car to take them to the vet and by the time he came back we had got the dog round and it was lying under our van in the shade chewing a pigs ear. He seemed more worried what his wife would say if he had killed her dog! Dogues have trouble breathing at the best of times, as do any of the short faced (bracephalic) breeds.

If you ever see a dog in trouble from heatstroke you need to bring its temperature down as quickly as possible. Dunking in cold water is the most effective way, but soaking the head and chest/stomach is next best. Trying to get them to drink is not possible if they have collapsed.