How to protect your cold dog in winter
We already have the winter on top and with him it is time to protect when he goes out, because he also feels the cold as it happens to us, especially if he is already very old, he is a puppy or has very short hair.
In this way, and in order not to make it, you have to Follow a series of guidelines that will help us dodge more than a visit to the veterinarian In these months.
We avoid taking it out in the coldest hours
One of the tips that veterinarians usually give is that Let's avoid getting our dogs first thing about the day And at night late, it is just when it is colder.
In a good part of our country, at that time temperatures are below zero, so dogs usually suffer from throat problems related to that cold that is very intense.
Therefore, and whenever possible, we will choose other hours to take the walks, such as when the sun has come out and temperatures have begun to rise or before the night progress and the thermometers collide.
We can wear dog clothes
Some pet owners seem that clothes for their dogs are a stupid fashion, but the truth is that in many cases it helps the animals not go cold and, therefore, do not ill.
This clothes are indicated, above all, in those cases in which the dog does not regulate its temperature well, as in the elderly dogs, very young puppies or smooth hair dogs, small size of the chihuahueño type of short hair and the like, although you can put these clothes to any dog.
We find it of many types and with different closures, so we only have to try some models until we are with that with which our dog is comfortable, something that we will notice because we do not try to remove the garment we have put.
You have to prevent it from getting wet and we will dry it well if this happens
During the winter it is not convenient for a dog to get wet, because that will make its feeling of cold even greater, which almost always derives in a cold or even in skin problems.
Here we can help ourselves with dog clothing, since they sell waterproof or coats that have an outer layer in which the water does not fit, so that most of the animal's body will arrive at home dry.
When we enter the house, it is convenient to dry the head, ears and legs well. This will make the house not stain, but above all that is not a good time having cold.
When drying it, pet towels made of microfiber are very good, which have enormous power of absorption, although anyone serves us.
If we bathe it you have to use the dryer
Winter is not the best time if we want to bathe our dog, since we cannot take it out of the sun in order to dry, but there are times when it is inevitable to take a bath.
We will always do it with hot water and in a warm room, lighting the heating or putting a radiator away from the water if we do not have heating at home.
The idea is that it does not go cold at any time, so that just at the end we dry it well with a towel, ending the work with a hand dryer until the hair is dry.
In the event that after a long time the animal gets bored and remains wet, we can put its bed in front of a heat source in order to disappear the humidity that remains in the hair.
We must provide your bed and a blanket
If you are at home, a way to prevent our dog from having a cold is that it has a good bed, better if it is quite fluffy in order to isolate it well from the ground, something that can help place a carpet underneath.
In addition, in bed we will leave a good size, better if it is polar, since that also makes less cold, some animals getting to cover them alone, something that we can also do when we go to sleep.
Choosing the place to put it is very important, and we will always place it where there are no air currents, testing several locations until we are with that in which our dog is more comfortable.
Another option is to place this bed in a warm place, such as next to a radiator, in front of the fire, near a pellet stove, where it will not go cold throughout the day and it will be the same animal that will tell us if it is comfortable, something that we will notice that it does not move from there and spends a lot of time sleeping.
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