The weather is set to be pretty warm this week, and it is supposed to be a pretty warm Summer in general, which is good news, we all like a warm dry Summer, don't we? Well most of us humans will do, but spare a thought for our dogs, it's probably the case that they don't actually like the warm weather, so what can we do to make sure they enjoy the Summer without feeling the heat? There are some obvious tips, and there are some less obvious, so where do we start, well, the daily walk. I'm sure most of us take the dogs out at least once a day, maybe more. There is no reason why that can't...
We are very strong advocates of cooling coats for dogs. In the modern age we often take our dogs everywhere and have our dogs with us outside, and sometimes it is a little too warm for them. Unlike humans, dogs have more trouble cooling themselves, they don't sweat like us, they are only able to sweat a little through their paws. The way they normally reduce their temperature is by hanging out a big wet tongue, and through the evaporation of the moisture on their tongue, they are cooled, but it is slow. We have a selection of cooling coats for dogs in our shop and this is the latest one we have taken a liking to. The Woofmasta is...
Although we have been using the Ruffwear Swamp Cooler for a couple of years, we have never really put it to the test, I mean we use, it works brilliantly and that's that, we have never really needed to take a note of the facts. But we thought we would make a note of our observations and put them in this blog for others to see. It's not very scientific but at least it does give people an idea of what to expect. One of the questions we are always asked is 'how long does it stay wet'? So we have done some testing to see if we can help answer that question. Obviously it depends on a few factors...
There is some coincidence in this story. I had planned to write a blog today about the Ruffwear Swamp Cooler and to post some lovely photos of Luca wearing his, we took them yesterday and one of them was used to make our latest slider on the homepage. Luca is currently doing some testing and we were going to make a video and sing the praises of the Swamp Cooler as we really like them. Last night changed all that! This isn't a fabrication and it has shaken us up a little. Last night I was woken up at 02:10am by a noise, this is unusual in it's self as the bedroom has thick walls and a heavy door, normally...
Now I know in the UK we don't exactly have soaring summer temperatures, but there are some days when the gauge might hit 25 degrees (yippee!) and we have to be very careful that our four legged friends do not over heat. Some breeds struggle more than others, BULLDOGS, NEWFOUNDLANDS and HUSKEYS to name but a few but no matter what shape, colour and size, all dogs need to be kept as COOL AS POSSIBLE, so what's best to do? There is the obvious advice, don't walk them in the heat of the day, don't leave them in cars and do make sure there is always plenty of water about. However, there is a product on the market that will also...
