06/24/2023
Remember Weimaraners, and all dogs according to the Vet are heat sensitive! Any breed of dog can overheat at 85° in the shade just following you at a slow pace. Be sure to exercise your dog, no matter the breed, in the early morning during warm weather and have plenty of fresh water for them. Unfortunately I've learned this lesson the hard way, and the dog wasn't panting! Be safe my weimaraner family!
Consider a baby pool for them. Some, despite being too good to walk in the rain, enjoy pools. I have a natural hunting female that will not go off the covered porch to attend to her business, unless prey is available. But she loves to stick her entire head in a pool and blow bubbles. She also brought me a possum on damp night, but she didn't kill it, she put it in her crate and smooshed her cover on it a bit. She did not attempt to relieve herself that night.
Be careful with your Weimies. They are delicate and made to hunt! I never knew I could move so fast when the o'possum moved its tail while fainted. If you all could have seen me telling Weimaraner Daddy that A possum was in my house, and his denial until I put it in is face, with the tightest grip I've ever had, and walking barefoot in the back yard, up hill, to put the little thing where it would be past the electric radio fence, you'd all have laughed yourselves silly! Always update their shots! We can get a three year rabies shot here now. My health isn't even just OK now. Adrenaline is a heck of a temporary relief!
So be careful with them! We only have them a few years, and they love us so much!
