Tips on how to take care of your pet dog during hot summer
In this article, I am providing you certain important tips which will be really helpful for you to keep your pet dog in a safe and secure condition from upcoming summer season and the sun strokes. This article also contains important tips from a veterinarian for keeping your pet dog healthy in Indian sub continental climatic conditions.
Introduction
Pet dogs of foreign breed like Pomeranian, German shepherd etc finds very difficult to adjust in Indian sub-continental summer. Summer season on its footsteps and it do create problems for you and even your pet dogs, especially from colder climatically regions like Siberia, Germany and the Alps. These breed category of dogs find very harsh and hard to adjust them in hot Indian summer. Some of important breeds of pet dogs which need intensive care during summer season areSt. Bernard, Japanese Akita, Pug, Tibetan Mastiff, Airedale Terrier, Black Russian Terrier, Poodle, British Bulldog, German Shepherd and Indian breed, they all struggles from the hot and intensive heat in summer season. From hair loss to heart disease they can suffer any serious problem which is out of our mind.
Below I am listing few important tips and measures which will help you to keep your dog relaxed in hot summer season.Things you should do
1. Keep the room or your compound where your dog lives below 20 degrees.
2. Always feed him only light dog food with lots of water.
3. Give him a good bath every 7 to 10 days.
4. Take him to the Veterinarian at least once a month for check up.Things you should not do
1. Avoid feeding him home food, especially milk.
2. Do not let him drink water from a puddle.
3. Do not take him out after 8 Am and before 7 Pm.Veterinarian important tips
Who is veterinarian or animal doctor?
A veterinarian physician or veterinary surgeon is a doctor expertise specially in treating animals like dogs, cats, cattle etc. They do specialization in research of animal health and performs surgery on animals. They advises and prescribes medicines and precautions to keep your pet healthy, fit and fine.
As per Veterinarian recommendations due to intense heat, the nostrils of dog partially get blocked and they may also suffer problem to breathe which tends to heart issues. They are also tending to develop certain allergies and fungus due to excess humidity, their organs could also collapse too. Most of the furry foreign breed dogs end up losing their hairs badly.
If you are having furry species dogs coming from cold geographical conditions, try to build a room with appropriate temperature using Air conditioner around 18 degrees Celsius. The room should not be very small it should be adequately bigger for your dog to roam around and to play and keep themselves physically fit.
Veterinarian doctors says that to keep your dog healthy, fit and fine during any season you need to have your surroundings in a appropriate temperature which should suit your pet dogs, and you should always feed him light and healthy dog food. Dogs require 10 to 20 times more energy then humans, so regular food even meat do not qualifies with the nutrients that they need. You should not feed milk to your dog definitely. Most of the Indian households feed milk and bread regularly. The truth is milk is very harmful for them. It causes skin diseases, hair loss and digestive problems. Milk products like cheese and curd can be given to them occasionally. They should be taken for daily walks, either in early morning or late in the evening. Taking them out during day time in sunlight can be very harmful, so you should avoid it carefully.
Just like humans want to wear lighter clothes and like to keep their hairs short for escaping hot summer season, dogs from colder regions too need the same treatment. Their hairs should be trimmed appropriately from time to time in summer season to keep them cool. Regular medical check ups are essential for these types of dogs as some times it is almost difficult for the respective owners to recognize the health issues of their pet correctly, and hence monthly medical check up at Veterinarian ensures that their pet is doing fine and is healthy. Dogs are also needed to drink plenty amount of water to regulate their body temperature during hot summers. The owner needs to ensure that the bowl of cold and clean water is always available to drink for your dog, pet health care books do suggest that you should gave your dog a bath once in a month, but here in Indian sub continental summer climate they are needed to given a good bath every 7 to 10 days. Another important precaution which should be taken care of is that while taking your dog on a walk then you should not allow him to drink water from dirty pond or puddles as these types of pond and puddles contain anti-freeze and other chemicals, fungus, bacteria, virus etc which can be extremely toxic and can give a serious health issue to your dog.Conclusion
To keep a pet dog is not so easy task and they do need intensive care as they grow up. So, as a caring pet owner we should always be attentive related to health issues, weather climate, feeding, recreation and playing activities of our pet.
This is a lovely and well explained information. Pets are like human which one has feelings for. As such there is the need to see to their well being and goodness. With this article i will practice every thing in details