With the hot summer heat hitting, even at night, the temperature in many areas has climbed above 30℃. Such a high temperature environment is undoubtedly a challenge for dogs. Despite this, daily dog ​​walking activities are still an indispensable part of dog health. However, under such high temperature conditions, it becomes particularly important and complicated to ensure that the dog does not have heatstroke or dehydration during walking the dog, especially regarding moisture replenishment.

For first time newbies, it may simply be believed that drinking water for dogs is to quench their thirst, but this concept may change after reading the unfortunate cases of dogs caused by improper drinking. In fact, it is very knowledgeable how dogs can rehydrate scientifically during and after exercise, and what type of water they choose.

When dogs exercise, large amounts of water should be avoided, as this may cause a sharp drop in the sodium content in the blood, hyponatremia, and even life-threatening. The correct way is to give appropriate amount of water in batches before and after exercise to allow the dog's body to gradually adapt and replenish water. At the same time, you should also be careful when choosing water. It is best to provide clean and fresh drinking water to avoid giving dogs water that contains additives or bacterial contamination.

In short, when walking your dog in high temperatures, paying attention to the dog's moisture replenishment is a responsibility that every pet owner cannot ignore. Through scientific and reasonable hydration methods, the risks of heat stroke and dehydration of dogs can be effectively reduced, and their health and safety can be ensured.

Typical case: Border herder's violent exercise after drinking a lot of water causes "stomach torsion"

This case has been cited many times in previous articles because it is really classic. Let's review it together!

The owner took the little border herd to travel by car. After arriving at the place, the dog naturally had fun playing. The owner thought he had the awareness of preventing heat and cooling, so he kept drinking water for the dog. The weather was hot and vigorous exercise, so the dog was also very thirsty, so he drank big gulps every time, and after drinking, he started playing again. As a result, an accident happened. The dog suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up, his belly bulged, and his expression was very painful.

In the eyes of our pet doctors, this is a very typical "acute stomach torsion".

Dogs consume a lot of water in a short period of time, and the loose stomach will sag if they can't "enclose" the water. In addition, strenuous exercise will cause the stomach that originally dilates on one side and turns to the other side. The dog is in great pain. If you do not seek medical treatment in time, the mortality rate will be very high.

In addition to stomach torsion, large amounts of water intake will also increase the total amount of circulating blood. In addition, vigorous exercise will accelerate the heartbeat, and the dog's heart will be burdened with a heavy heart, which is prone to acute heart disease.

Therefore, dogs should not drink a lot of water in the early, middle and late stages of strenuous exercise, especially in the midsummer season. So how should we rehydrate correctly?

When you see this, I believe everyone should be curious about how dogs can hydrate when they are taking slow walks and after strenuous exercise.

1. When walking, the owner takes a dog with him or her water utensil. From the previous article, we can see that you should not let your dog drink too much water at a time. For example: For small dogs that are just walking and walking, when the weather is hot, you can drink three or five sips every about a quarter of an hour. This small amount of water replenishment can slow down the increase in the dog's body temperature and prevent water deficiency and dehydration while walking.

2. After running

If you allow the dog to run freely during a walk, then the operation after the exercise is not to rehydrate immediately, but to restore the dog's body temperature and heartbeat to a near normal state. You should not give the dog a lot of water (stomach twist) before running. Therefore, at the end of the run, do not let the dog stop and rest immediately. Instead, you should continue walking with the dog for 5 minutes and then rehydrate after the dog returns to normal state. Follow the principle of a small amount and multiple times. However, compared with the frequency and amount of water replenishment during walking, you can increase it. Please grab the leash after drinking water, otherwise they will run and play again, which will increase the probability of gastric twisting. In addition, the complete collection of dog raising for beginners should also remind everyone that you must not blow at the air conditioner outlet after you go home, otherwise the dog will likely catch a runny nose the next day.

What kind of water should I drink? Is it better to be expensive? Is ice water OK?

This is a problem that many poop shovelers have been struggling with. Among the fans of the novice dog raising collection, there are rich people who drink super expensive pure water, enzyme water, and water for a certain dog breed. In fact, these are unnecessary. Many things are exaggerated and promoted to collect IQ tax. "Ice Water" is more irritating to dogs. The advice of the novice dog raising collection is to "open in a free time". It is okay to give the dog some fruits and vegetables to replenish water without bothering.

To sum up, for pet owners who have short-nosed breeds such as beetles or French bulldogs, when the outside temperature rises above 28℃, whether it is the scorching sun during the day or the stuffy night, we strongly recommend suspending outdoor dog walking activities. Due to its unique physiological structure, this type of dog breed is more susceptible to high temperatures than other dog breeds and faces extremely high risk of heat stroke. This is not a problem that can be completely solved by timely hydration. Therefore, for the health and safety of pets, please be sure to give them enough indoor rest and protection in extremely high temperatures.