The latest advice is: “If in doubt, don’t go out.” The UK Health Security Agency’s first heat alert came last week, and the animal welfare coalition behind the message “Dogs die in hot cars” is switching tack this year to warn pet owners about the danger hot walks pose, as, they say, vets are four times as likely to treat dogs affected by hot walks than cars. She barked.Īs the summers get hotter and the threat of heatwaves continue, spare a thought for our fur-coated friends.
I ran after her and put her inside the house. What to do? My daughter got out a water pistol.
Thimble, our two-year-old Jack Russell, was spreadeagled on the lawn, panting like she’d just run a marathon and refusing to drink from her water bowl. Last weekend as the temperature nudged towards 30C in Suffolk, after a nice lunch with the in-laws, I looked across at the love of my life and saw she was a little hot.