Happystay Pet Services

20/11/2024

Some pics from today. 🥶 The dogs kept warm playing chase and charging about having fun. 🤩

29/10/2024

Bentley enjoying the muddy puddle

22/10/2024

Bentley enjoying his walk today

15/10/2024

Spot Harley and Connie making new friends.
And even better no rain

09/10/2024

Proof it don't rain 24 hours a day and all my doggy friends enjoying themselves

02/10/2024

Price of individual treats

02/10/2024

Just a selection of the tasty treat box we sell or you can pick out what your furry friends enjoy most

02/10/2024

Tigger enjoying the seesaw and Harley enjoying her new friends 🧡

02/10/2024

Bentley and spot before Bentley went for his groom

13/09/2024

11/09/2024

Jaxx and luna enjoying a woodland walk

29/08/2024

Harley meeting some new friends

12/08/2024

Enjoying the sunshine today before it got too hot

11/08/2024

Cody’s excited to get his treat box with all his favourite dried natural treats.
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18/07/2024

Enjoying the weather

10/07/2024

A few friends enjoying a play in between the rain

04/07/2024

Just some happy dogs enjoying the nice weather with their friends

27/06/2024

Is it true that if we use cold water on heat stroke pets they will go into shock?

One of the most common things we still hear is that we can only use tepid water on a pet with heat stroke, incase they get some complications like hypothermic overshoot, peripheral vasoconstriction hindering a cooling response, and cardiogenic shock...

We have heard not to use cold water in case it causes shock... this rarely happens!

But guess what? In a recent study over 26% of dogs presented with heat stroke died, with flat faced breeds making up nearly half of heat stroke cases seen in the study.

You should:

💧Get someone to call the local veterinary practice and tell them you're going to travel down with a heat stroke patient
💧Pour, hose or if possible immerse the pet in very cold water (this should obviously be done under constant supervision, ensuring the head is fully above water and immersion should not be attempted if the animal is too large, or you are unable to do so without hurting yourself)
💧NB: If using a hose pipe, make sure it has run through until cold, as they can often contain water that is extremely hot in the tubing initially
💧Do not drape in towels and leave them in situ. Keep the cold water flowing.
💧Move to a cool, shaded area
💧Prepare to transport to vets in a cold, air conditioned car

In studies they found that:

🌅International consensus from sports medicine organisations supports treating EHS with early rapid cooling by immersing the casualty in cold water.
🌅Ice-water immersion has been shown to be highly effective in exertional heat stroke, with a zero fatality rate in large case series of younger, fit patients.
🌅Hyperthermic individuals were cooled twice as fast by Cold Water Immersion as by passive recovery.
🌅No complications occurred during the treatment of three older patients with severe heat stroke were treated with cold‐water immersion.
🌅Cold water immersion (CWI) is the preferred cooling modality in EHS guidelines and the optimal method applicable to UK Service Personnel
🌅Studies suggest using either ice-water or cold-water immersion

The best intervention is PREVENTION, but if you find yourself with an animal with heat stroke, using cold water either by pouring, hosing or ideally (if safe) immersion then this may help reduce their temperature to safe levels while you transport to a veterinary practice.

Read more below:

https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/cool-icy-cold-or-tepid