Weather

Provide plenty of fresh drinking water at all times.

Keep your pet’s kennel well ventilated and positioned near a well shaded area where your pet can avoid midday sun and heat.

Avoid excessive exercise during hot weather. Over-exertion can cause heat stress or stroke. Safe outdoor temperatures for pets vary bay breed and size. Ask  your veterinarian for a recommendation specific to your pet.

Warning: If you suspect heat stress or stroke(e.g., collapse, extremely heavy panting, excessive drooling ), wet your pet thoroughly with cool (not cold) water b immersion or spray your pet with a garden hose and call your veterinarian immediately.

Skin and body

Keep you pet well groomed. Long hair and hair mats can decrease your pet’s ability to keep cool and contribute to skin disease. So regularly brush your pet and trim hair as needed.

Vaccinate your pet against infectious diseases (e.g., canine parvovirus or leukemia). Pets usually have more contact with other animals during warmer months and disease can spread easily

Parasite prevention

Use monthly flea ,tick and heartworm preventives. Pets should take these preventives year-round .Remember, it’s often easier and cheaper to prevent parasites than treat them when a pet’s infested or infected. Take your pet for fecal exams for internal parasites at least yearly.

To reduce pet access to parasites and discourage parasites breeding, keep yard clean of feces, dump any standing water-even in a watering cans or flower pot saucers-clean up leaf litter, and trim bushes and trees.

Toxic substances

The poisons that kill common pests, like rodent, snails, and slugs, are lethal to pets, too, if consumed. So limit our pet’s access to places where these poisons are stored in and around your home.

Lawn herbicides can also poison pets, so keep your pet out of the yard while spraying herbicides and off the grass for three afterwards. Washing pets’ paws thoroughly with soap and cool water before coming back inside will help remove herbicidal resdue.

Motor vehicles

The temperature inside a car can easily clime to 120 degrees when a vehicle is parked in the summer sun Never leave your pet unattended in vehicle.