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Warm Weather & Your Pets(/Kids)




So YIPPIE Alberta, we have had some wonderful weather... and knock on wood seems like we can expect some more. Some temperature specs for the next 7 days.








SunnyWED 19°C  THURS 24°C   FRIDAY 11°C    
SATURDAY 21°C   SUNDAY  29°C   MONDAY 24°C 

There are some good things to keep in mind with weather like this in regards to your pet/children and your vehicle. Here is what temperatures look like in your vehicle in weather like this....

 Please keep this in mind, for even just that "quick trip" you are taking into a store. If you are going to leave your dog in your vehicle, maybe it is best to leave the pet at home, or bring someone with you and have the dog outside while you are inside?? There are a lot of other solutions besides leaving them in the vehicle.

How Dogs Regulate Their Body Temperature:


Dogs are endothermic; regardless of changes in environmental temperatures, they need to maintain and regulate their own body temperature within a set and safe range. The average healthy dog’s body temperature is 101.5 ºF / 38.6 ºC. When your dog’s body temperature increases, heat is lost from increased blood flowing at the skin surface. As a dog breathes in, air travels through the nasal passage and is cooled before it reaches the lungs (less so in short nosed dogs).
As the environment becomes warmer and/or more humid a dog will regulate body temperate and cool down using the respiratory system - mainly by panting, unlike us humans who sweat when we’re hot, dogs do not use sweating through their skin as their cooling mechanism.

A Panting Dog Is A Hot Dog: 

When your dog becomes hot the brain will send signals to different parts of the dog’s body. Your dog’s heart and lungs will work harder as your dog breathes in and out quicker and pants to reduce body temperature via the process of evaporation.
As a dog is panting, the mouth is open and the tongue is hanging out - breathing air in through the nose and out through the mouth, air passes over the tongue, saliva and moisture on the tongue evaporates, the blood in the tongue is cooled and circulated around the body.







I read a great tweet today in regards to things you can do with your pet when you are out and have no water! Grab Ice from any restaurant or sidewalk eatery, this will act as a good cool down, and it will stay cool longer! :) Fruit Popsicles also work as a great alternative! 





 Enjoy the heat! And Safe! 


Speaking of HEAT... 
MORTGAGE RATES ARE STILL AT AN ALL TIME LOW!! 
ASK ME HOW YOU CAN GET IN ON THE ACTION! 
Cool off your current Mortgage! 
And get into something HOT! 

 

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