When is it Too Hot to Leave Your Dog in the Car?

The Heat is a Killer!             

 Do you enjoy taking your dog with you wherever you go?  I know my dogs love to take car rides.  But what do you do when you can't take your dog into the final destination?  During cool times of the year it's acceptable to leave your dog in the car.  However, in the Arizona summer months it's just too hot to leave your dog in the car...even with the windows cracked.

Have you ever wondered how hot the inside of cars get?  There was a study done to determine how hot the inside of a car gets.  I have included the results here.  Click here if you are interested in reading the study in it's entirety.

Day 1
Outside Temperature		Inside Closed Automobile
		Indoor/Outdoor	Oven Thermometer
9:00 am	82°	109°	----
9:30 am	87°	115°	----
10:00 am	91°	115°	----
10:30 am	94°	114°	115°
11:00 am	98°	114°	119°
11:30 am	100°	117°	124°
12:00 pm	101°	119°	127°
1:30 pm	112°	124°	130°
2:30 pm	125°	130+°	159°
4:00 pm	98°	110°	110°

Day 2
Outside Temperature		Inside Auto - 4 Windows Cracked
		Indoor/Outdoor	Oven Thermometer
9:15 am	84°	98°	98°
10:00 am	88°	103°	105°
10:30 am	90°	108°	108°
11:00 am	92°	109°	109°
12:00 pm	95°	113°	113°
1:00 pm	101°	114°	115°
2:00 pm	110°	123°	120°
3:40 pm	112°	129°	128°
4:00 pm	115°	132°	130°

Day 3
Outside Temperature		Inside Auto - 2 Windows Cracked
		Indoor/Outdoor	Oven Thermometer
8:30 am	72°	72°	72°
9:30 am	80°	95°	95°
12:00 pm	88°	105°	105°
1:50 pm	99°	109°	109°
2:30 pm	104°	120°	120°
(both thermometers showed identical readings)

The following website offers a gauge on whether it's okay to leave your pet in the car or if it's too hot. You just insert your zip code and you'll know whether or not you can take your dog with you or you should leave Fido behind.

http://www.mydogiscool.com/weather_form.php

Please keep your dogs safe this summer!  Leave them at home...

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The Animal Hydration Flow


This product is great for outdoor pets, or pets that have access to the outdoors and you want your water bowls to be kept outside.  You hook it up to your hose (I bought the short, white water drinking hose for safety), it has a mechanical float valve that allows your pet to have fresh drinking water all the time.

I have 3 dogs at home and we used to use a 5 gallon bucket as our water dish.  It certainly wasn't ideal as it would grow algae quickly and when we got our little guy, we had to fill it up more frequently because he couldn't reach the water when it got low.  The water wasn't fresh and would warm up quickly.

What I like about the animal hydration flow is that I don't have to worry about filling up my dogs water dish several times a day.  All I do is make sure it's still working on a daily basis and clean it out regularly to keep algae away.  I give it a good scrub once a month and the rest of the time I just rinse it out and let it fill itself back up.  My dogs always have fresh water and the water is cool.

I purchased mine on Amazon.com about a year ago and it's still working good.  There is some rust where the hose attaches to the watering system and when I first hooked it up there was a little drip from that same  spot.  To stop the leaking I used some thread seal tape and that seemed to do the trick.

I would recommend this product to anyone who has outdoor pets or gives their pets access to the outdoors for drinking.

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