Saffron makes her podcast debut in Episode 109 – Keep Your Pets Cool!
Lots of ways to help your pets beat the heat.
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Here’s a tutorial for a pretty easy and cheap diy water fountain for your animals. This one uses tubing to pipe the water up to make it easy for pets to drink. The guy who did this tutorial used rocks to hide the hardware and give the water something to land on so it doesn’t splash, but I’m thinking you can use anything that can sit in water—a vase, a large glass, etc.
Water fountains are great for cats. They’re instinctively drawn to running water and its a good way to increase their water consumption, which is important since kidney failure is so common in older cats
I think dogs also prefer fresh water, which is why so many will drink from the toilet if given the chance. A pet fountain will help stop that. Just like humans are supposed to drink a certain amount of water a day, dogs also benefit from a healthy level of water consumption.
Check out this DIY Filtering Water Fountain too.
So, I can’t wait until Friday to share this and I figure people in the US coming back to work after Labor Day weekend could use a pick me up.
May I present Woody! Dude is unique. Some might say “special” in a touched-in-the-head sort of way. I’m thinking he’s a revolutionary innovator.
Summer is almost here and that means humans & their dogs will be on or around the water. We often ask our dogs to do things that their instincts haven’t prepared them for, like boating. I don’t think dogs come equipped with sea legs or the ability to judge whether it’s safe to jump in a river to go after water fowl. Most dogs can swim, but even the best swimmer can be crippled by strong currents, hypothermia, or panic and end up drowning. A good life jacket could make all the difference. Keep those pups safe!
With a good life jacket, dogs with amputated limbs or mobility problems could still benefit from water exercise. You won’t have to worry about your dog sinking or her head going under water.
We have the Portage Bay Float Coat which is designed for calmer water. RuffWear has a new model called the Big Eddy Float Coat, which is designed for more active swimmers and rougher, faster moving water.
We like the life jackets by RuffWear because:
