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HEAT STROKE
HEAT STROKE
Heat Stroke is deadly to our dogs and is an Emergency and you must get your dog to a Veterinarian as soon as possible. But there are a few things you can do to aid your dogs recovery:
1. Hose your dog down with Cool water.
2. You can immerse your dog in Cool water. (Not Cold)
3. Use portable fans to help Cool your dog and move them to an Air conditioned room.
4a. Sponge your dogs groin area.
b. Sponge your dogs tummy area.
c. Wet your dogs tongue.
5. Place Cool wet towels on your dogs:
a. Neck b. Head c. Tummy d. And between your dogs legs
6. When your dogs temperature drop,s to 104 F or 103 F
Please stop all your cooling efforts. As cooling your dog to much and to fast can cause your dog a lot more problems.
7. When you get your dog to the Vets and your dogs temperture is still High:
They will proberly give your dog:
a. A cool water enema.
b. A cool water gastric lavage ( To rinse the stomach).
c. IV fluids.
d. And draw blood samples.
8. Your dog will be monitored for:
a. Shock
b. Kidney failure
c. Heart problems
d. Respiratory stress
e. Blood clotting time
9. Your Dog may also be given:
a. Oxygen
b. Dextrose
c. Cortisone
d. Antihistamines
e. Anticoagulants
f. Antibiotics
10. Once your dogs condication is stabilized, your dog may require follow up Treatment.
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
Heat Stroke and Understanding The Risks to Your Dog from Over Heating?:
PREVENTON.
You must never ever leave your dog or dogs in a parked car, not even for a couple of minutes, the heat inside a parked car /van can raise very fast to
as much as 40 degrees above the outside temperature.
Lets say for instance todays temperature is 80 f outside, inside your car/van could rasie to as much as 120 f inside in as little time as 10 minutes especially
if your car/van as been parked in the sun. Leaving your car windows open a little doe,s very little to help and it only helps if there is a breeze plus if you
take into account the humidity factor, our dogs don,t have much of a chance do they.
If you keep your dog or dogs outside make sure:
1. Plenty of fresh Cool drinking water is available.
2. Plenty of shade so they can help keep Cool, Don,t forget the planet we live on rotates.
3. Make sure all your water containers are large anoth to give your dogs water at all times, and make sure your dogs can,t knock them over.
4. If your dogs are in outside kennels make sure they have plenty of ventilation aswell.
5. This is a must DO NOT EXERCISE YOUR DOG/DOGS ON REALLY HOT DAYS wait till cools down.
6. If you chain your dog or dogs up make sure:
a. they can,t wind the chain or tether around any object preventing them from getting to the fresh water plus not being able get around themselves in any
way causing them harm.
Think about it if your dog or dogs are in a fully secured yard, there is need for them to be chained or tethered.
( YOU WOULDN,T CHAIN OR TETHER YOUR CHILDREN WOULD YOU SO WHY DO THIS TO OUR DOGS )
6b. Only crate yourdog in wire crates.
c. If you have along coated dog and you are not showing them it shorten there coats to about 1 inch leaving there coat at that length
will help them keep cool and also prevent them from geting sun burnt.
If you take all these precautions, to reduce any risks to your dog or dogs they can enjoy the nice weather, the same as we do.
I hope reading this, it helps educate owners to the risks of HEAT STROKE in dogs. Love them and they will Love you back.
Nigel Matthews 6/6/07
Bloat
Bloat:
Owners of Large Dogs should be aware of the Potential Life Threatening Condition known as Gastric Dilatation Volvulous (G.D.V.) Commonly Known as Bloat.
This serious condition occurs when the stomach `Twists`. This causes a rapid accumulation of gas and its inability to escape from the stomach. The result is increased stomach pressure and gradual death of tissue in the stomach. If untreated, death will occur due to shock and heart problems.
Studies have shown that dogs most prominently at risk are large, deep-chested dogs. Management and feeding patterns may also be factors: Overeating, Rapid Eating, Single Daily Meals, High Water Consumption, and delayed gastric emptying time, also the hight level at which they feed may also be involved.
The condition is Rapidly Life Threatening. Prompt Medical and surgical Treatment is essential for this condition stomach decompression is done along with treatment, for shock followed by surgery to correct the stomach rotation.
Symptoms that owners might observe are Bloated Abdomen, Retching White Foam, restlessness, Panting and Lethargy. studies indicate that dogs that receive the quickest treatment are the most likely to survive.
Giving Your Dogs Ear Drops
( Never Give Your Dog Ear-Drops without Veterinary Advice )
Lift up the flap (on long-eared dogs) and use a damp cotton wool ball to clean away any dirt or wax that you can see but do not poke around
inside the ear canal as this can do damage. Lean the head slightly sideways and towards you and hold the head still.
Put the nozzle of the drops bottle just inside the ear and put the correct number of drops. The same procedure for both ears if drops are required
for both. Continue to hold the head still and the ear flap back down and gently massage the ear or ears.
Once the ear drops have had time to penetrate, clean away any excess fluid and let your dog relax, if you want you can give your dog a small
treat this will give your dog the idea that it is ok to have drops in their ears.
Health (Drinking Water)
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PURE WATER FOR CATS AND DOGS--AND ALL
By Dr. Michael W. Fox D.Sc., Ph.D., B.Vet.Med., M.R.C.V.S.
It is difficult to find pure water almost anywhere on the
planet, because of chemical contamination. This contamination
stems from pesticides, heavy metals like lead and mercury,
copper from pipes, arsenic compounds, radioactivity in some
regions, excessive amounts of nitrates and phosphates,
potentially harmful bacteria and other microorganisms, even
pharmaceutical products excreted by humans and other animals
given various drugs, and also industrial pollutants especially
dioxins and PCBs. Pollution of the air means contaminated
rain, and polluted lakes and oceans mean contaminated rain
through the hydrological cycle of evaporation and poison-cloud
formation.
Water treatment facilities, and most water-purification
systems, (like reverse osmosis, ultraviolet and ozone
disinfection, ion exchange and activated carbon filters) do
not get rid of all of these contaminants that can pose serious
heath problems to us and to our animal companions. The
widespread chlorination of water to kill bacteria causes
further problems especially when there are high levels of
naturally occurring organic contaminants because byproducts
like chloroform and trihalomethanes are formed that are highly
carcinogenic, causing kidney, liver, and intestinal tumors,
and also kidney, liver and brain damage, as well as birth and
developmental defects in test animals. Alternative water
disinfection with chloramines, a hoped-for safer alternative
to chlorine, also results in the formation of highly toxic
iodoacetic and holoacetic acids.
Fluoride and Other Problems in Water
Compounding these health-hazards of water-treatment of already
contaminated water is the addition of fluoride, a byproduct of
the phosphate fertilizer industry, ostensibly to strengthen
peoples’ teeth and prevent cavities. But in order to do this,
fluoride must be in direct contact with the teeth. That means
the fluoride must be applied topically. Studies have shown no
benefit from ingested fluoride.
On the contrary, fluoride can mottle the teeth and cause a
host of health problems, notably osteoporosis, arthritis,
kidney disease, and hypothyroidism. Fluoride has also been
linked with gastrointestinal ailments, allergic skin
reactions, impaired cognitive ability in children, harm to the
pineal gland that helps regulate the onset of puberty, and
possibly cause cancer.
Of particular concern: Where there is some already existing
kidney disease, the kidneys’ ability to excrete fluoride
becomes markedly impaired, leading to a build-up of fluoride
in the body.
I am also very concerned about the widespread use of aluminum
chlorhydrate and other aluminum compounds, various anionic and
cationic emulsion and powder polymers, and especially
polyacrylamide, for waste-water treatment. Used to cause
flocculation and coagulation of various wastes, including the
effluent from poultry slaughter/packing plants, some wastes
that contain these added agents may be variously used as
fertilizer and livestock feed. Acrylamides are carcinogenic
and can cause genetic damage, neurological problems and birth
defects, and may therefore finish up in our food-chain and
drinking water. Clearly trading one or more health risks from
contaminated water for others created by water treatment
processes is ill advised. Safer, cost-effective, organic,
microbial and ecologically-based alternative systems of water
treatment, recovery, purification and waste
management/disposal are most urgently called for.
It is for the above reasons that I advise all people to drink
pure spring water ( that usually only requires sand-filtration
to meet with US National Sanitation Standards certification),
and to provide same for their animal companions, particularly
those who, for various health reasons, are drinking more
water, and who have impaired kidney function.
The mineral content of most spring water, and water from
remote, often high altitude, glacial and other isolated
sources far from industrial and agricultural activities, are
generally extremely beneficial, but excesses need to be
closely monitored because of possible trace-nutrient
imbalances that they may cause, and also urinary calculi or
stones. Purified, distilled water, lacking in these essential
minerals, may actually cause osteoporosis and other health
problems.
The Importance of Quality Water for Cats
Some cats have a clear aversion to drinking tap water, a
possibly natural instinctual reaction to potentially harmful
chlorine, fluoride, and other contaminants. Many prefer to
drink from a dripping faucet or cat water dispenser, possibly
because there is less aversive smell than in standing water in
a bowl.
Cats' aversion to tap water is compounded by many becoming
addicted to dry food, which is associated with several health
problems, especially inflammation of the urinary bladder and
the development of stones/sand/urinary calculi, and urethral
blockage in male cats ( i.e. the so-called feline urologic
syndrome). Cats, being of a desert origin and physiology, lack
the normal thirst mechanism when their diet is dry and
deprives them of fluids, so they may fail to properly regulate
their fluid balance by drinking more to compensate for an
all-dry food diet, and suffer the consequences of the feline
urologic syndrome and ultimately fatal kidney failure that is
now taking many cats at an early age.
Since cats drink little water at the best of times, therefore,
they should always be given pure spring water, or the closest
equivalent, since poor quality, contaminated water will only
worsen their already compromised condition of inadequate
hydration.
Older animals, like older people, at risk from chronic heart
and kidney disease, should not be given water that has been
treated with salt (sodium chloride) to soften it. Hard water
for domestic use is often treated with salt to soften it, and
especially in apartments and condominiums treatment of the
central water supply to both cold and hot water faucets is not
separated, which means that soft/salt-contaminated water comes
out of both faucets. Older animals with chronic kidney
disease, diabetes insipidus and other health problems, and
those on certain medications like prednisone, will drink
copious quantities of water, and thus be more at risk from
absorbing more than normal quantities of water-born chemical
contaminants.
The Risk of Free-Standing Water Sources for Dogs
Dogs, when outdoors, often want to drink from puddles and
ponds. They should not be allowed to do so because standing
water can be heavily contaminated with the chemical cocktail
of road-run-off, as well as various pathogens: giardia,
cryptosporidia, botulism-toxin bacteria, harmful fungus that
can cause fatal pythiosis or "swamp cancer", fecal bacteria
from human, farmed animal wastes that cause periodic epidemics
of flu-like food poisoning in the human population, and also
lawn, garden and golf-course pesticides and other harmful
chemical run-off, most especially from agriculture.
We humans have disrupted and poisoned the hydrological cycle/
system on this "Blue Water" planet Earth, at great cost to our
own health and to all other life forms who, like us, need
water to live, and many of whom live in the polluted surface
waters of the planet from which they have no escape. Nor
ultimately do we.
We are drinking the poisons that we thought nature, the
ecology, could somehow assimilate, dilute and neutralize. But
that is not the case, as any chemical analysis of human and
whale mother's milk will affirm. But there are long-term
solutions beyond the science and technology of water
purification and de-salinization that alone cannot guarantee a
safe and sustainable source of drinking water for the
generations to come. These include not using pesticides
---herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and chemical
fertilizers on our lawns, gardens, golf-courses and crops,
organic and sustainable agriculture being one hope for the
future, and deconstructing the waste-disposal, incineration,
energy, petrochemical, paper, plastic and other
consumer-driven commodity and appliance industries so that the
fewer pollutants they release into the air and surface waters,
(and ultimately into our food and water-chains), the more they
profit, and in the process market no products or by-products
that cannot be recycled without harm to the health, vitality,
integrity and beauty of this living Earth, and all who dwell
therein.
A Call to Action
We can no longer take water for granted as one of Nature's
bountiful, pure and eternally renewable resources. Water is
the fundamental life-source that sustains all beings, and to
our peril and the demise of this living planet, we have
thoughtlessly squandered and poisoned this basic, vital
element of existence. We cannot trust that the water coming
from our faucets and wells is safe to drink or to give to our
animals and the science of water-safety and quality evaluation
is still in its infancy. Even so, consumer-citizen tax payers
have a right to have their municipal water authorities test
domestic water sources regularly, and make their findings
available to the public; and to have better monitoring and law
enforcement to protect open waters from pollution run-off from
peoples' lawns and gardens, as well as from agriculture and
other human activities and various industries. And just as the
organic foods market has accelerated with increased, informed
consumer demand over the past decade, so in this next decade
of the 21st century, a more informed public is demanding pure
water, some of the purest coming from ancient springs, more
remote, higher altitude, and glacial sources, and as yet
uncontaminated and sustainable deep aquifers. But these
sources will not last for ever, and it is the responsibility
of us all to conserve water and stop polluting. And to treat
this basic resource that sustains all life with respect and
gratitude.
Those northern states of the US have an immediate and most
urgent responsibility at this time to reduce the agricultural,
industrial and municipal sewage pollution of rivers, and
over-exploitation of same, through diversion and
dam-construction for commodity-crop irrigation and dairy and
other livestock production, notably facilitated for decades by
the US Corps of Engineers, (that has put the Florida
Everglades on the never-glades path to extinction for the
sugar and cattle industries), and for industrial -scale
orchard/plantation irrigation after natural ecosystems have
been annihilated, along with the many wildlife species like
the wolf, the lynx, the Florida panther, the flying squirrel
and the coati-mundi. The rivers/waterways that flow south
across the North American continent, harm all southern states
that take what poisoned water is left, and ultimately the
Texas Gulf, where an area of ocean the size of Rhode Island is
void of any life according to marine biologists and the local
fishing industry.
All who care about their health, the health of their families
and companion animals, will see the wisdom of purchasing the
best quality water that they can, and not adhere to the
erroneous belief that their tap water is necessarily safe for
their consumption. Water quality and safety is a wake-up call
for us all, and confirms the truism that when we harm the
earth, we harm ourselves. The health of the Earth, of aquatic
as well as terrestrial ecosystems, like the health of the
human population, are interdependent, linked by air and water
quality that for the good of all we must improve and maintain.
NOTE: Some cats have developed skin problems (inflammation and
small pustules) under their chins that clear up when their
water bowls are switched from plastic to glass or stainless
steel. So I strongly advise people with cats and dogs not to
use plastic containers for the animals' water or food because
of possible leaching of potentially harmful chemicals.
Dr. Michael W. Fox