Mitch Kuta wrote 04/14/2006 08:18 PM How hot is to hot? #104160 - 04/14/2006 08:18 PM
Mitch Kuta Webboard User Reg: 01-31-2005 Posts: 464 Loc: Ovilla, TX Offline	I live in Texas and take my boy to work with me and he stays in the truck in a crate in the backseat. I cover the truck with a blanket, leave the windows open, have a fan on him cover all windows when the sun is on them.I can't keep him in the shade all the time. My boy is a 15 month old GSD. I put ice in front of the fan when it starts to get hot around noon right now. I get him out to go potty and stretch and sometimes a quik training session every three to four hours. I took a heat gun into the truck this week and it was around 93At the hottest point in the day. I closed the doors and sat in it and with the fan on me it wasn't bad. I know I will have stop soon but the other options are not very good how far can I push and how else could I make it cooler? MJK
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Connie Sutherland wrote 04/14/2006 08:48 PM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Mitch Kuta ] #104161 - 04/14/2006 08:48 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: I live in Texas and take my boy to work with me and he stays in the truck in a crate in the backseat....... Can he stay at home sometimes? http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/heat.htm The fan is a good idea, I think, but not on his face because of the eye dryness thing. Others may say different. I do think that a dog from, say, here, where it's almost never hot like that, would be far more vulnerable to heatstroke if he were suddenly in a 93-degree crate for several hours. (I mean that what one is accustomed to makes a difference.) But 93 sounds like too hot to me. JMO, and I might be way off base. BTW, in case it seems like an idea to let him swim or get hosed off at your lunch time, I have read on this forum what a bad idea that is to have a soaking wet dog in 90+ heat.
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Mike J Schoonbrood wrote 04/15/2006 08:08 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #104162 - 04/15/2006 08:08 AM
Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005 Posts: 2784 Loc: Toronto, ON Offline	If I remember correctly, wetting their belly and paws is the way to go, but wetting their entire body traps heat in.
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Daniel Flores wrote 04/15/2006 08:46 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Mike J Schoonbrood ] #104163 - 04/15/2006 08:46 AM
Daniel Flores Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2006 Posts: 225 Loc: Northwest Arkansas Offline	I have a similar question and didn't want to post a new thread so here it is, is shaving a GSD a good idea or isthe coat "ok" for this hot weather? Should I just trim? Abigal von der Mueller
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Mitch Kuta wrote 04/15/2006 08:57 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Daniel Flores ] #104164 - 04/15/2006 08:57 AM
Mitch Kuta Webboard User Reg: 01-31-2005 Posts: 464 Loc: Ovilla, TX Offline	I have heard not to shave a GSD as the coat doesn't grow back right. I think it causes trouble with the undercoat MJK
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Mike J Schoonbrood wrote 04/15/2006 09:11 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Mitch Kuta ] #104165 - 04/15/2006 09:11 AM
Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005 Posts: 2784 Loc: Toronto, ON Offline	Shaving a GSD causes many many potential skin problems -- a problem GSD's are not normally succeptable to... never shave your GSD!!
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Scott Williams wrote 04/15/2006 09:26 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Mitch Kuta ] #104166 - 04/15/2006 09:26 AM
Scott Williams Webboard User Reg: 04-08-2002 Posts: 383 Loc: Offline	Mitch, I wouldn't keep my dog in the car all day. There's too many things that can go wrong. the fan may malfunction on an unusually hot day. The ice may melt in ten minutes. I just couldn't handle finding my dog dead in the car. It's just not what I consider responsible dog ownership. This is not an assault on you...I just would NOT do it. Pay a kennel for day care if you have too.
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Daniel Flores wrote 04/15/2006 09:32 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Mike J Schoonbrood ] #104167 - 04/15/2006 09:32 AM
Daniel Flores Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2006 Posts: 225 Loc: Northwest Arkansas Offline	Thank you for telling me this!! I was this close to making a mistake! Very Grateful. Abigal von der Mueller
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Mitch Kuta wrote 04/15/2006 10:15 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Daniel Flores ] #104168 - 04/15/2006 10:15 AM
Mitch Kuta Webboard User Reg: 01-31-2005 Posts: 464 Loc: Ovilla, TX Offline	I will have to go with my other option which is to leave him crated at my second home when I work. Will have to let my daughter let him out for lunch. I would never put him in a kennel or let any stranger take care of him. He is a working dog and I want him to be with me or close family as much as posible. I could leave him at my first home with my wife but she would ruin him letting him run with other dogs and not see me for three days at a time. I am a printer and he is right outside the door behind one of my folders and I check on him constantly. Guess it's time to leave him at home. MJK
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Maren Bell wrote 04/15/2006 10:25 AM Re: How hot is to hot? [Re: Mitch Kuta ] #104169 - 04/15/2006 10:25 AM
Maren Bell Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2006 Posts: 184 Loc: Columbia, MO Offline	As much as you have high hopes for this dog, very bluntly, you'd have no one but yourself to blame if you found him dead in the truck, so yes, I think leaving him at home is better for his overall safety. "You don't have to train a dog as much as you have to train a human."--Cesar Millan
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