to upper 90’s. At least we have a breeze out of the South 10 to
a breeze out of the South 10 to
15 miles per hour.
>> Anthony, thank you so much.
So many of us will be hitting
the water this summer, taking
the whole family out for some
fun.
This is. >> Usually includes the family
>> Usually includes the family
dog right at joining us this
morning to give us tips on
taking the dog for a swim is
doctor Lori Teller Clinical
associate professor with the College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
and Biomedical Sense Sciences
at Texas AnM University.
Good morning. Good morning.
Thank you. I know it’s early.
Thanks for being up for that.
We appreciate you shedding some light on this. Doctor. Taylor,
light on this. Doctor. Taylor,
I guess what most of us think.
Well, Doc, just naturally know
how to swim, but is that really
the case?
>> It is not some breeds. Earn actually water dogs like
Earn actually water dogs like
Barbara door retrievers and
poodles actually waterdogs in
many of them like to swim other
dogs to get in the water and
they can paddle, but they may
not even be able to keep their heads above water. Common dogs,
heads above water. Common dogs,
food bank. That would be pubs
in frenchies. We’re all their
weight is in their head and
they really can’t get their
body in the right position to
actually swim.
>> And I guess the the dog
maybe doesn’t know that.
And that’s part of the scary
thing. I mean, I you know, I
I raise 2 boxers that we
adopted and they just naturally
we’re mixes. But they naturally
jumped in the water. I think
after me and instinctively have
paddled. But I guess I could
have been worried or maybe I
should have taken a little more
caution. Doc, what you think?
>> Yeah, I think it’s really
important if you’re especially
if you have a wall, find out if
your dog can swim. Don’t just toss your work dog into the
toss your work dog into the
That can cause a little bit
of trauma. There. But if your
dog is interested, put it in
the pool will be right there.
See if it is capable of
swimming, show it how to get
out of the wall. But if it
doesn’t like the water, if they
cannot swim in your best
investment would be a doggy
life jacket and have your dog
where and when every other out
by the pool so won’t drown.
If it does end up in the water.
Okay. Excellent hip. Our dogs
like the stand at the edge of
the pool is barking at us while
we slept like, come on, get
back in. The AC was But Doug
Teller, what? What if your dog
wants nothing to do with
serving? Do suggest anything.
>> Yeah, I did. One thing don’t make it swim. But that doesn’t
make it swim. But that doesn’t
mean that they may not like
standing by the edge of the the
wing to the beach and
frolicking in the the edge of
the water.
>> They may enjoy playing with
the kids on a slip and slide or a small kiddie pool in the
a small kiddie pool in the
backyard where they can to step
in and get cool. And some dogs
may don’t want anything to do
with the water, but that
doesn’t mean they may not like a homemade popsicle made out of
a homemade popsicle made out of
chicken broth or something like
that as well. So lots of ways
to keep our pets cool. Even if
they don’t want to get in the
water. >> That’s a great trip to the
>> That’s a great trip to the
frozen chicken.
>> I know you do. That was to
talk. Is there any way
to decode?
>> And maybe this is maybe too
specific of a question. But a
lady cold, the barks at the edge of the pool can sometimes
edge of the pool can sometimes
be honest. I wonder it’s like
is the dog annoyed that were
swimming so close or doesn’t just want to play and it’s kind
just want to play and it’s kind
of scared of the water like how
do we decode that sound?
>> I think you’ve covered Yes,
sometimes they just want to
and there’s there. But they’re scared of the water. So you may
scared of the water. So you may
have to find a different way
for it to play with them.
Sometimes it may be worried
about you because they don’t
trust the water and they’re
scared. Something’s going to
happen to you as well. Okay. >> Doctor there, certain island
>> Doctor there, certain island
bodies of water like lakes or
rivers that should be avoided
for Pat’s. What? What can you
tell us? >> Definitely add so very
>> Definitely add so very
stagnant. Warm water is prime
for growing something called
blue green algae or
cyanobacteria and those are
extremely toxic to our pets. They can cause liver failure.
They can cause liver failure.
Nerve logic symptom seizures.
And there is no antidote for
And they’re highly fatal. So if you see something like
So if you see something like
that in the lakes or ponds
where you want
to swim just avoided and a lot
of times our parks department
will even have alerts as so if
you know, we’re going to go
check the website. See if that
wade or pond a safer if they
have a blue. Green algae
morning and avoided like the
plague.
>> Very good to know. I mean, along those lines, what about I
along those lines, what about I
mean, kind of back to the pool.
What about the chemicals that
we’re using in the pool?
Should we nervous about that at
all? With regard to the health
of our dogs? >> So definitely the
>> So definitely the
concentrated chemicals that
could be shocked or pool or if
you keep the chemicals near the
pool of those are also extremely toxic. A rule that is
extremely toxic. A rule that is
well maintained with the right
pH. If your follows a little
bit of that water, not a big
deal, should not be its major
water So I always have fresh water available. And of course,
water available. And of course,
if your dog does get into some
of the concentrated, will
I chemicals? Definitely. I get to the veterinarian and
I get to the veterinarian and
let them now in terms of post
pool, we should be rinsing our
dogs off and they’ve been
exposed all that chlorine
right?
>> Yeah. After they’ve been in
the pool or the beach or in a pond, it’s always a good idea
pond, it’s always a good idea
to rents the chemicals, offer
the dirt and debris.
>> Just with some some warm, not not hot water. Just get all
not not hot water. Just get all
that stuff off of them. Dry
them really well, especially
skin Bolton years. Things like
that because that’s right place
for infections to take place and just helps to keep them
and just helps to keep them
clean and avoid problems after
the swim death of we’re talking
about having good times with
their dogs in the water near
the water. But it is so hot out
there. What are some really
quick tips you can give for for when you know your dogs had
when you know your dogs had
too much sun or heat out there.
>> Get them into a cool If
they’re
seem overheated. >> Wrapped him in in a cool,
>> Wrapped him in in a cool,
wet towel, not ice cubes, not
ice called. If you have reasons
to be concerned about heat
exhaustion or heat stroke, that
is also a medical emergency. So wrap them in those cool damp
So wrap them in those cool damp
towels and then seek veterinary
care and immediately dogs can
not sweat and alleviate heat
the way we do. And so it is
much easier for them to suffer
from heat stroke as well.
And a quick tap as well if you
want to spray them down with a
garden hose or if you’re
renting them off after they’ve
been swimming.
>> Run all that hot water out
of the hose before you put the
hose water dogs because that
initial water is scalding hot. It can cause major burns and
It can cause major burns and
permanent scarring. Thank you
for that report.
>> I feel my hand before
getting in the water bowl
going. Just make sure that we
hot house, too. But that’s