"Hot dog in SP"

For the dogs," to die of heat" is not an expression force, but something that can really happen. In the last weeks, the temperature in SP, that crossed the 35ºC, took countless dogs, mainly Sheep Dogs, Poodles and Collies, to veterinary emergency rooms. The symptoms of the" thermal stress" were breathless breathing, lethargy and, sometimes, vomit.

The dogs suffer more with the heat than the men because they don't perspire through the skin. The maintenance of the temperature of the body is made by the perspiration.

The more hot, more breathless it is the breathing of the dog", he/she says the veterinarian Marcelo Migliano, of the Clínica Faria Lima.

Besides the breathless breathing, Dog Alemão Romel, 11, he/she had stopped eating because of the heat when his lady, teacher Denise Massoco, decided to take him/it to the veterinary clinic,

"He was practiced medicine, it took serum and now it is only lying inside of house in front of the fan", he affirms her.

In agreement with Migliano, most of the cases of dogs that will stop at the hospital it happens in the weekends. "Usually the owner takes the dog for walking in Ibirapuera in the schedule that the sun is very strong, bed a long distance and the animal not always it tolerates", he/she says the veterinarian.

During a walk, to the first signs of fatigue of the dog, how to lie down in the ground, it is better to offer water and to wait the bug to rest in the shadow before continuing the walk. According to the veterinarian, a Labrador got to die this month of exhaustion syndrome, after having been more than one hour running and playing below of the scalding sun.

The syndrome of the exhaustion happens when an animal makes exercise besides his/her physical capacity, ally the an increase of the temperature of the body (hyperthermia), what causes a dysfunction cardiorespiratória or dehydration, that it can kill him/it.

"Prefer to walk with the dog at night or in the morning in the hot days", it guides Migliano. With the high temperature the dogs also lose the appetite and they try to be in fresh places with cold floors.

One squirted of water to refresh is a good idea, but daily baths are not recommended. "The excess of baths can remove the natural oiliness of the skin in the animal carting problems dermatológicos", it explains to Migliano.

The teacher of clinic of dogs and cats, Appeared Antonio Camacho, of University of Sciences Agrarian and Veterinary of UNESP, he/she affirms that the bath is only indicated when the dog is dirty. "For dogs of for the long, they are suitable weekly baths. For the ones of for the short, every 15 days."

Don't always forget to leave available fresh water and to take care so that his/her dog doesn't burn the paws in the hot asphalt.