Long walks in summer can tire your dog easily. If he gets tired or starts to pant extra than usual. Then there is a possibility he is having a heatstroke. Do not panic. With these simple tricks you can help your dog.
Heatstroke
Basically, a stock is a condition which the dog develops due to excessive heat. The body becomes affected and muscle starts through spasm. That is why the dog starts panting. It affects the mechanism of your dog’s body getting overpowered. The protein which protects your dog from heatstroke gets affected.
The advanced form of a heat stroke is heat exhaustion. The worst that can happen is that the dog developed diarrhoea and vomiting.
When is your dog? Cannot come down it’s body the heat stroke hits harder.
Diseases of heatstroke
The dogs can develop certain diseases due to huge straw that are
● Lung disease
● Increased heart rate
● Seizures and damage of central nervous system
● Diarrhoea and vomiting
● Liver damage
● Kidney disease
Signs Of heatstroke
Look for certain size in your dog if you suspect a heat stroke
● Mucus membranes
● Excessive breathing or panting
● Elevation of the heart rate
● Diarrhoea and vomit
● Increased temperature
● Seizures
● Disorientation
● Weakness
Reasons of heatstroke
There are several reasons for which you can get a heat stroke such as if your dog gets alone and I hate the environment or if you leave your dog alone in the car. Even if the outside temperature is not very high. The recent study shows that if dogs are left alone in their cars, they are at a higher risk of developing a heat stroke.
Walking the dog in high summer heat.
When you take your dog out on the walk, they can get seated pretty quickly. That’s why do not take your dog out on summer days. Do so early in the morning or late at night when the weather is a little cool.
The people live in high temperature areas or at a higher risk of developing a stroke in their dog.
Cure heatstroke
Dogs can develop heat diseases pretty easily because humans tend to get rid of excessive heat on their body by sweating. But dogs can’t sweat that’s why they are unable to get rid of excessive heat from their body.
Panting helps the dog cool down. The water evaporates from the tongue of the dog. Which cools down its body.
Give your dog plenty of freshwater and give him a bath also. This will lower the temperature of your dog and he will probably shake off the early symptoms of a heat stroke.
But if the condition rises then take him to wet immediately. The extreme condition of a head stroke is when a dog starts developing diarrhoea and vomit which includes blood in it.