Our dog loves chasing ice cubes around on the kitchen floor..it's hilarious to watch him trying to pick them up too! You could also try freezing some chicken necks or bones in some water or chicken/beef stock. Will keep her occupied for a while, and also provide some liquid and some food for her.
We also got one of those shell pools for our dog (we got ours 2nd hand so it has a hole in the side which we must patch up so we can fill it up more!) one half of it is filled with water and the lid bit has some beach sand in it, he has free access to both of them all day and loves jumping in the water when we come back from walks in the morning. He has a long coat and has been quite hot, I let him inside when I get home from work, I'm just glad he is gold, not black otherwise I would feel even worse for him!
I have been watching the dog whisperer on foxtel...and I do not claim to be an expert, but she sounds like heaps of the dogs on the show, she is stressed , is she bored ? does she get to go out for a walk everyday ?
Our next door neighbours just paid for "barkbusters" to come out to the house to help them with their labrador, who was playing up, they walked with our neighbours and the dog out on the lead etc, then gave them commands etc to use, that they said were very helpfull... I am RAPT they did it because the gorgous dog no longer barks its head off ... and they can actually walk her to keep her active
The catch !! $400.00 - its a LIFETIME guarentee though ... they will come back for as long as you need them..
Aww, I hope everyone's little pups are coping alright in what sounds like a terrible, terrible heatwave... I'm in Central Queensland and while it's *always* hot up here, it isn't unbearable at the moment (not that I can use the air-con on laundry days anyway, the hot water switches itself off because the electrics in this house are ancient and not designed to run more than a TV and hot water system simultaneously).
I'm convinced my Jack Russell is pretty brain-dead, too - she refuses to eat dog food, instead she tears through our cats' food quicker than they can hear the tin opener come out, despite the fact that it gives her terrible diarrhoea. :/
I have two little dogs a maltese and a Silky terrier, both are panting away, I keep bringing them into the cool so they can lay on the cold tiles, but no they just walk around panting. Its been hitting 45 degrees here and i was so worried about them yesterday so i put them in the kids pool, they just sat there poor darlings, i think the ice cubes is a great idea as there water is stinking hot too.
What great info KrystieLove! I was sort of hoping she would know the best way of coping for herself. She has been clipped before. We can't have her hair (fur?!) getting too long as it just ends up with lots of burrs etc in there, and sometimes she can't see though her face! I trim her here myself but its hard to get it right all the time and she gets dreads too .
She is a little bit bored, we shipped her pal Tyson off to dp's place as he is getting really old and needed to be pensioned off to the country, and her friends next door just moved to WA.
I think the main reason I think she is a twit is because I thought she hopped out of the car with the kids 2 nights ago when we got home from a night swim, but she didn't. She SAT there in the hot car (windows up), didn't bark to get out or anything. It's only when I realized I couldn't hear her trumpeting snores that she was gone. I'd hate to think what could have happened to her if I didn't click.
She was beautifully trained but I let it go a bit with babies coming along, then she developed some Staffy habits due to living with 2 of them.....thats why I think she takes on the big dogs...she thinks she IS one .
My dog isn't drinking either, fool!! lol. I don't know what his problem is. I think he should be drinking more in this hot weather. And he doesn't need to go out to pee all day either. I have to chuck him out and make him!! lol
Ok, spoke too soon!! My dog has just come to his senses, he just did the cutest thing!!
I heard him making the growly/whingy frustrated noise he makes like when his ball is trapped somewhere he can't get it or something. So I went out to see what he wanted and he was sitting looking at the bathroom door. So I open the door and he runs to the bath and jumps up with his front paws on it looking at me, lol. So I lifted him in and turned on the cold water and he had a big drink and wet his feet and then stood there and let me splash some water over him.
What a clever puppy, I swear he can communicate better than some people!!
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What a clever puppy, I swear he can communicate better than some people!!
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