Pug Perishes in Heat; Owner sends Warning
July 23rd, 2011
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – Pet owners often hear the warnings to protect their animals from the heat. But some may not realize just how dangerous it is right now for certain breeds of dogs.
Debbie Leonard is mourning the death of her beloved pug named Petunia.
Petunia was a family pet and it was her sons who picked the breed.
Friday was hot and humid, so Leonard kept Petunia and her two other pugs inside all day.
When the sun was going down, and the backyard was completely shaded, she let them out.
When she called them in an hour later, Petunia didn’t come in.
The family searched with flashlights and found her dead of heat stroke.
Their vet told Leonard that because pugs have such small noses, they have trouble breathing in the heat, and especially in the humidity.
Lisa Farrell of Midwest Pug Rescue says pugs have such small nostril slits that it’s harder for them to bring in air.
Their entire respiratory system is condensed, since they were bred to be inside lap dogs.
Bulldogs have similar problems in this weather.
Leonard wants to warn other pet owners that even when you think you’re doing all the right things… some dogs just aren’t built to handle more than a few minutes of this extreme heat.
Taken from News Report from NBC Kansas
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Warning: Don’t leave pets in car
August 9th, 2010
Published in Journal Gazette: August 7, 2010 3:00 a.m.
No safe temperature, officers say; dogs at risk for nerve damage
Holly Abrams | The Journal Gazette
As the dog days of summer continue, Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control officers are urging residents to not leave their dogs – or other pets – in vehicles.
There is no safe temperature at which a pet can be left alone in a vehicle, said Peggy Bender, a spokeswoman for Animal Care & Control.
Earlier in the summer an officer rescued a pet in a vehicle when it was 73 degrees outside. The temperature inside: 110 degrees, Bender said.
And Animal Care & Control officers have recorded even higher temperatures by placing a thermometer inside when windows of a vehicle are left slightly open.
A dog’s normal body temperature is about 101 to 102.5 degrees.
Dogs can survive with a high body temperature for only a short time. They will then begin to suffer nerve damage, liver damage and brain damage and possibly death, Bender said. (Read More…..)
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