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Both obesity and progressing years curtail a dog's tolerance to extremes of heat. The brachycephalic breeds (those with the pushed-in face) are especially susceptible , due to their normal respiratory difficultnesses. It is through respiration that the majority of your dog's excess remains heat is eliminated. When you and I gain overheated , we breathe rapidly and perspire all over our bodies. Because of their hair coats , dogs are unable significantly to per- spire through their skins , altho a small amount does occur through the underside of the paws. For all practicable purposes , excess remains heat need to be removed by speedy respiration.

Most dogs , other than the brachycephalics , can withstand exposure to the sun and rather towering environmental temperature as long as they are disencumber to prompt about. It is confinement , constraint , and excitement in hot weather that sets the stage for heat stress. The dog left inside a car in the sun , leashed to a appointment outside the supermarket , or held in a pen when there are other dogs nearby to excite it , is a prime candidate for this life-threatening emergency. Symptoms range from panting with a hot arid tongue , bright red mucous membranes in the mouth , speedy heartbeat , and a hot , arid fell , to a dazed look , disability to stand , unconsciousness , and decease. The remains temperature can be between 106∞ and 110∞F (41.1 ∞-43.3 ∞C). The opportunity of decease growths in order proportion to the length of time the remains temperature remains that towering. This is a steadfast emergency.

If heat difficultnesses occur , remove the dog from the constraining surroundings to a cooler appointment , preferably indoors. Immediately , before anything else is done , telephone your veterinarian. If she is in , and you can gain to her clinic quickly , go directly there. In the event travel time volition be prolonged , she can advise you to initiate emergency treatment at home , under her telephone surveillance , and then fetch your dog to the clinic. But expect you cannot reach her by phone - you're camping out miles from a telephone , or she is upon vacation and the nearest veterinarian is in another town at a considerable distance. You need to take action at once!

The most pressing indigence is to view the dog's remains temperature. Immerse the entire remains , accept the head , in bloodless or ice water - bathtub , flow , river , or lake - anything that has or can have bloodless water. Take solicitude to aid the dog in all conscience he doesn't collapse into the water. Massage the fell all over the remains and flex and prolong the legs one at a time. This volition incite the flow of the cooled blood back to the heart , through the internal parts of the remains and to the heat touchy brain. If you have a rectal thermometer handy , the temperature every seven to ten minutes until it reads 103 ∞F (39.4 ∞C). Do not cool below that point. The dog should then be removed from the water and the temperature checked with the same frequency for at least three-quarters of an hour , to be certain it doesn't initiate to go up again. Once the temperature has remained steady for that period of time , take your dog as quickly as possible to a veterinarian somewhere. There are necessary medications which should be given to repress the numerous serious complications which can chase heat stress.