How do you keep pets cool?
I am looking to be a full time RV'er by this fall and will be traveling with my Schipperke (small, black, furry dog). I'm curious how other people deal with preventing over heating in their pets if th...
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skipnchar wrote:
Dogs (like humans) have survived for thousands of years without air conditioning. Open some windows.
Not to be too argumentative, but they don't always survive. Given hot conditions animals seek shade, cool spots - some way to mitigate the heat and are not locked in a metal box in the middle of an asphalt field.
Dogs and cats (a little less sensitive than dogs) don't do well when ambient temps are above 80 without some sort of relief. If there is any kind of medical condition there can be life threatening results.
We leave AC with generator when indicated by conditions.
Doug, DVM
