Ed Frawley Administrator Reg: 07-11-2001
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Everyone learns from their mistakes. About 15 years ago a friend of mine lost one of the best Mals I had every seen this way. He worked the dog - put it in the car - went into the club for 10 minutes and the dog was DEAD. Everyone of us should think of this. If you find a dog with heat stroke you need to get it out of the vehicle and under a hose - or dump a gallong or so of rubing alcohol on its belly to draw out the body heat - and then get a hose on it.
The only posts I will allow on this thread from this point will deal with heat stroke and not the loss of a servcie dog.
here is a link to an article on heatstroke. Note that he says not to use ice or extremely cold water as it causes the blood vessels to constrict. Before reading this ice water would have been something I would have used. heat stroke dos and don'ts
I always carry a large jug of water in case of heat stroke so that i can water the dog down. I use to always fill it full of ice , now I don't except for a few ice cubes to keep it a little cold
Phillipe - that was another good link to a very good site.
Another good thing to remember is that whatever the temperture is for you it is going to be about ten degrees warmer for your dog and due to the fact that he can't sweat humidity is more dangerous for him. Dogs have also died from heat
in outdoor kennels so it is important to provide
some sort of shade and try to situate kennels so
that there is good airflow. Concrete can get pretty hot,so if you can provide access to a shady
or grassy area during the hottest hours it can let a dog rest more comfortably. I also never let people visit my kennels during the hot hours of the day - no sense getting the dogs all riled up when they would be better off resting in the shade. I don't have air conditioning so sitting out in the shade in the dogyard is more comfortable for me too,- a cool one and a good
book and me and the dogs got her made in the shade!
The Local P.D. has some type of mechanism that starts the car if the internal temp gets too hot for the dogs. If I remember correctly it also pages the officer if the temp increases too much. Here in Phoenix they don't take any chances with the dogs. They also won't work them during the day in the summer, because it is too hot. The sidwall can get so hot that it can cause a fist or second degree burn if you touch it with a bare hand.
If you can't be a Good Example,then You'll just have to Serve as a Horrible Warning. Catherine Aird.
Richard,
We have the same device on the Highway Patrol; Department of Corrections uses the same from the same contract also. If either one of these two agencies use it, I know its affordable. If anyone is intrested, I will chase down the name of the manufacturer.
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