Help keep your pet healthy and safe by following these simple tips.
Any pet can suffer from heat stress.
Providing plenty of clean, fresh water for your pet at all times Providing adequate ventilation and air circulation when pets are in kennels or pens Providing shade cover when pets are outdoors Avoiding excessive exercise of pets during hot weather Never leaving pets in parked vehicles Some signs of heat stress are staring or anxious expression, failure to respond to commands, panting and profuse salivation, warm dry skin, high fever, rapid heartbeat, fatigue, muscular weakness or collapse. If your pet has heat stress, try to reduce his temperature by gradually immersing your pet in cool water, spraying him with cool water or applying ice packs to his head and neck. Then take your pet to the veterinarian immediately. This mosquito-transmitted disease can be fatal to your dog. The cat is an abnormal host for the mosquito-borne heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis.