beagle and hot weather?
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beagle and hot weather?
i have female has hard time with hot weather is their anything to help her with hot weather running she gets real hot. electrolytes?
Howdy. I work for a vet and we have these electrolytes that are a powder and you can mix it up or by premixed to travel (in case mixing is difficult out in the field) You should be able to find it other places, not only at the vet. It is chicken flavored, so I think they like it. Even though I've never used it on my guys, we have used it in our office for severly dehydrated dogs, or those who are recovering from a bad bout of diarrhea. I can't remember the name of it, if your interested I'll look it up. (I think "in hospital use" and the stuff we have for sale are the same thing, but labeled different)
We bought t
hese mats for our travel kennels, you hose them off and they stay ICY cold all day. Even though you wet them, they don't feel wet after they cool down. Weird. And they have lasted us quite awhile, we bought them years ago.
I think our guys just like to cool off after lots of exercise. They hate water, but will stand in an icy stream when they get too hot, that is why I thought the cooling mats would help. I wasted some money on the "Travel fans" that attached to the vari-kennels. We drive with the windows open, so they were a waste...They don't even push the air good at home, cheap little doo-dads.
Gatorade has electrolytes but the sugar in it causes some sensitive dogs to get diarrhea. It also comes in flavors dogs really don't like. At least the electrolytes are chicken flavored. But in a pinch though I'd use what you have. Water can't be beat.Unless she has an electrolyte imbalance I was just wondering if you would be wasting money replacing something she doesn't need? But don't get me wrong, even if she doesn't need them it won't hurt giving them, and if it peps her up faster you know she was needing it! (hope that makes sense)
Good luck, and good weather is finally here ! (I'm in the northeast)
We bought t
hese mats for our travel kennels, you hose them off and they stay ICY cold all day. Even though you wet them, they don't feel wet after they cool down. Weird. And they have lasted us quite awhile, we bought them years ago.
I think our guys just like to cool off after lots of exercise. They hate water, but will stand in an icy stream when they get too hot, that is why I thought the cooling mats would help. I wasted some money on the "Travel fans" that attached to the vari-kennels. We drive with the windows open, so they were a waste...They don't even push the air good at home, cheap little doo-dads.
Gatorade has electrolytes but the sugar in it causes some sensitive dogs to get diarrhea. It also comes in flavors dogs really don't like. At least the electrolytes are chicken flavored. But in a pinch though I'd use what you have. Water can't be beat.Unless she has an electrolyte imbalance I was just wondering if you would be wasting money replacing something she doesn't need? But don't get me wrong, even if she doesn't need them it won't hurt giving them, and if it peps her up faster you know she was needing it! (hope that makes sense)
Good luck, and good weather is finally here ! (I'm in the northeast)