KIRK: Summer is too short for kids' best friend
Note from Amy: This week, I’m letting a very opinionated guest from our ranch write my column.
My name is Pepper. I’m the Kirk ranch dog. I am probably barking where no dog has barked before to protest, but it’s time that I put all four of my paws down and bark louder. Maybe even growl.
The school where my “kids” attend starts Aug. 22 and, quite frankly, I don’t like it one bit. I spend all stinkin’ winter waiting around for summer to arrive so my companions and I can be together outside.
Summer days may be long (and lately, they’ve been very pant-worthy) but they’re too short on account of school. Oh how I dread seeing the yellow bus. There’s no bark to explain it.
During the school year I have to wait all day for my kids to get home and they usually have practices and stuff to do inside until dark. Not cool, even once it gets cold out.
Don’t schools know what an early start does to outside dogs like me? Summer’s gotten ridiculously shorter and I OBJECT!
Spending summer months with my surrogate children is the stuff my dreams are made of, and this early-start thing is worse than fleas. In summer, the kids and I are busy doing stuff outside where I can follow them around, watch them, and go places with them; namely, all the spots that I marked last time.
The most satisfying times of my life are having my companions with me to sleep outside. I curl up on their sleeping bags and stay there until they wake up.
Unless, of course, I hear the sound of the front door opening, which might be food that I can’t bear to let the barn cats discover. Outdoor sleepovers are our summer tradition, but school ruins them!
I don’t need anything else when the Kirk kids and I are together. Well, except maybe a refreshing sloppy drink of water and taking an occasional plunge in the nearby dam when it’s hot.
The best sound in the world is hearing my kids holler, “PEP! LOAD UP!” I always know it means we’re headed somewhere together that’s fun for dogs! I love riding along to check salt, water tanks and cows and smelling the air from the back of a pickup.
If I’m lucky, cows are out and I get to chase them back where they belong with my favorite boy. When we’re together, I can stay very busy finding rabbits to chase, a mouse trail to sniff, and snooping around while he shoots varmints with his .22.
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During the school year I have to wait all day for my kids to get home and they usually have practices and stuff to do inside until dark. Not cool, even once it gets cold out. Don't schools know what an early start does to outside dogs like me?
Southland Feed and Supply owner Richard Massingill said the animals most affected by the dry, hot conditions are those that do not have sweat glands. “Pigs, dogs, cows, and chickens don't perspire. They pant. They die most easily because the ground is
Because cats do not pant, it can be very difficult for you to see a tumor inside of the mouth of your cat. Some signs you may notice if your cat has a mass in its mouth are: a firm mass present on the chin or under one of the eyes. Just as in the dog,
Dogs and cats perspire around their paws to help cool their bodies. In addition, they will pant to help expel excess heat that they won't sweat away through their paws. If your pets seem overheated, wet their paws, ears, necks and stomachs with water
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Why do dogs pant? | Ruckee
Dogs sweat but not like the way we do. Sweating is an important mechanism that allows humans to fight the heat. When we sweat, the moisture that is produced on the skin’s surface evaporates causing excess heat to be dispersed from the body. Our furry friends cannot manage excess body heat this way. It is widely believed that dogs don’t sweat. It is believed that it is impossible for dogs to sweat through their furs. It is highly possible that even people that have had dogs for years have not seen one sweating. Dogs have sweat glands but they are very few and mostly found on the paw pads. Contrary to the belief, dogs do sweat. During hot days the floor will be marked by the dog’s paws dampened with sweat.
What methods does a dog have to combat the heat? Dogs bark and dogs pant. Panting is a dog’s effective technique of coping with the heat and ensuring that cooler blood will be circulated to all parts of the body and to prevent the brain, the most heat sensitive part from being affected by excessive heat. Not much energy is needed by a dog to pant. When the dog lolls the tongue, the cooling system switch will be turned on and excess body heat will be gone. This makes the tongue a very important part in the dog’s one of a kind cooling system.
The few sweat glands on the dogs paws will be incapable of cooling the body especially if the feet is planted on a hot surface. In this case, regulating body temperature will be achieved by the tongue. When the tongue is lolled, evaporation is facilitated on its surface. While the dog pants, a steady stream of air cools the tongue, the mouth and the blood vessels in the head. The blood made colder by panting is now circulated throughout the dog’s body the dissipating the heat and maintaining the normal body temperature.
Dogs pant for other reasons. You will notice a dog panting excessively when the weather is hot. Dogs loll out their tongues when excited, when stressed or after a strenuous exercise. The physical structures of short faced dogs requires them to pant excessively. Dogs with medical concerns would pant.
As mentioned, panting is normal in dogs but a pet parent has to be vigilant. A panting dog may be suffering from heatstroke. Dogs cannot cope well with high temperatures. Cars and other confined spaces will be dangerous to a dog especially on hot weather. Heatstroke is one of the common causes of canine deaths.
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