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Please provide plenty of water and shade for your pets while
they are outdoors. Light colored pets can get sunburned, so
apply sunscreen on nose and ear tips as necessary. Most dogs,
and all cats, are safer indoors, except when taken out for
exercise which is best done either in early morning or evening
hours. Keep in mind that hot asphalt burns pet’s paws!
• Don’t leave pets in parked cars for ANY period of time. Dogs
and cats cannot perspire and can only dispel heat by panting and
through the pads in their feet. It takes just a few minutes for
temperatures in a parked car, even with the windows cracked
open, to reach 120 degrees. If you see an animal in a parked
car, immediately alert nearby store management or call the
police.
• Remember that summer is flea and tick season – your pet
deserves to be protected from these threats to their health. Use
only vet approved products to reduce the risk to your pet.
• Dog bites rise in the summer months as people and their pets
are outside more often. Spaying or neutering your pet reduces
the risk that they will bite and also provides many other health
benefits.
• Don’t take your pets to crowded summer events like concerts or
fairs. Loud noises, heat and crowds are very stressful to your
pets. Fourth of July fireworks are especially dangerous for your
pets as the noise hurts their sensitive ears so leaving them
safely at home is the best idea.
• It is very dangerous to drive with a dog in the back of a
pick-up truck. Not only can a dog be accidentally thrown from a
truck as the driver swerves or stops but flying debris can
injure or kill! It is recommended that any animal traveling in a
vehicle be placed in a secured crate.
Probably the best prescription for summer’s sun is to keep your
dog or cat inside with you and your family. The happiest dogs
are those that are taken out frequently for walks and exercise
but kept inside the rest of the time. Dogs and cats are social
animals that crave human companionship. Your animal companions
deserve to live indoors with you and your family!
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