How To Treat Heat Stroke In Dogs

During this warm months of the year, dogs can overheat and the condition is referred to as heat stroke. Dogs don�t sweat all over their bodies like people do. Their primary way of regulating body temperature is through respiration (panting). Heat stroke can occur in dogs under several conditions such as being left in a car in hot weather, strenuous exercise in hot humid weather, and being left out in the sun without shade or water. Please have a good read about this and observe your pet to see if any of these signs occur.

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Dogs are not as efficient at releasing heat as we are; they are built to conserve rather than release heat and tend to heat up faster than we do.Merck and Merial, The Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health, p. 3, (2007), ISBN 978-0-911910-99-5…

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