How to cope with the heat
We are camping at the Amana Colonies in Iowa this weekend in our Cameo, and it is hotter than Hades. We have one AC, and are parked with rear to the south. What is the best strategy to keep the RV a...
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"And guess what? Fans don’t cool dogs!
Why? Well because we don’t have sweat glands, except for our nose and paws of our feet. Fans cool by evaporating sweat, and since we dogs don’t sweat, fans don’t work…. except for our noses. See where my nose is? I’m cooling my nose!"
You can place a frozen gallon of water in front of them, and use the fan to direct the air across it towards the pet.
Cooling mats also work well.
Same applys for cats.
As stated in my previous post, fans do not cool the air, it only evaporates the bodies sweat, which makes us feel more comfortable, so leaving a fan on in an empty RV, is just a waste of energy, as it will not lower the temp, but actually raise it slightly.
"And guess what? Fans don’t cool dogs!
Why? Well because we don’t have sweat glands, except for our nose and paws of our feet. Fans cool by evaporating sweat, and since we dogs don’t sweat, fans don’t work…. except for our noses. See where my nose is? I’m cooling my nose!"
You can place a frozen gallon of water in front of them, and use the fan to direct the air across it towards the pet.
Cooling mats also work well.
Same applys for cats.
As stated in my previous post, fans do not cool the air, it only evaporates the bodies sweat, which makes us feel more comfortable, so leaving a fan on in an empty RV, is just a waste of energy, as it will not lower the temp, but actually raise it slightly.
