That's why it's always a good idea to pound on your hood before you start up your engine. Cats and dogs both require water. Unfortunately, when the temperature sinks below freezing, water is hard to come by. To pets, anti-freeze taste like honey but this green molasses is as lethal as arsenic. Less than a t- spoon can kill a small dog or a cat, and as little as a couple of tablespoons can do in a great Dane or mastiff.
People attempting to rescue dogs can fall through too.
When there's lots of snow on the ground, be sure to place even the best trained dogs on-leash. Dogs can have a difficult time seeing and smelling exactly where the lawn ends and the street begins. And motorists have an even more difficult time spotting dogs over snow drifts. A shivering dog with a blue tongue can be suffering hypothermia. Normal body temperature for a dog 100 to 102.