Tips: Keep Dogs Safe & Cool Your Camper in a Heatwave!

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For the first time in history, the UK Met Office has extended its Red Warning for Extreme Heat in southern England for three consecutive days. The UK Health Security Agency has also issued a series of Heat Health Alerts around the country.

This week, a vet nurse told me that their practice had been inundated with dogs suffering from the heat and humidity.

Although the peak of heatwave has passed, the weekend looks set to be a hot one, so here are some in depth posts I wrote containing advice on how to keep you, your camper, and your furry friends cool.

If you have any further tips, please add them in the comments!

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11 thoughts on “Tips: Keep Dogs Safe & Cool Your Camper in a Heatwave!”

    2. Hot surfaces like roads, sidewalks, and sand can burn dogs’ paws. In hot weather, I advocate the ‘back of the hand’ test. If you can hold the back of your hand on a surface for 30 seconds, it’s okay for paws.

      Mark took it to extremes and walked around Ljubljana barefoot to make sure we weren’t overheating our puppies’ paws 🙂

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  3. I’ve read about the heat wave in Europe, but I haven’t been there this summer. It is terrible. It is hot here in Texas too. 36 Celsius, real feel 39 Celsius, at the moment and it will get hotter according to the weather report. It makes it difficult to walk the dog. You give a lot of great advice BTW. As for me I bring with me cold water for him to drink and I splash on his belly and paws. I’ve read and learned that you should not put water on the thick fur because it clumps and holds the heat in.

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    1. We’ve been over 35C which is shocking for England. It’s been very humid, too, even at night, which makes it rather debilitating! It’s cooled down a little now, but is still very warm.

      I didn’t know that water on thick fur held in the heat, so thank you for sharing that, Thomas. We often wet down our pups with a mister, or like today, we’ve taken them swimming to keep them cool 🙂

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      1. Temperatures in sometimes go above 40 Celsisus and it is becoming more common as well as more humid here in Dallas. Houston is worse though. About the dogs and wetting the fur. It depends on how thick the fur is and if you are going to be outside for a while. Pouring water on a dog with thick fur so that it clumps is counter productive because it holds the heat in on a long walk. However, you can pour it on places where the fur is thin, such as the belly, paws and face.

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