Hi i have just joined and I live in Australia with my maltese x bichon called Puff. We have survived a heat wave and it was hard to keep cool. I bought Puff a little swimming pool and he really enjoyed it.

Hi, welcome, and glad to have you. Too bad you couldn't come to the states during your heat wave-- it's nice and cool here, right now, ha! It's so weird to think of people having summer/heat wave right now, and splashing in a wading pool. My dog's outside water dish is frozen every morning! (she has an inside water dish too, but the outside one is her favorite, for some reason)

Hi welcome to the forums! When we had our vacation in the Pacific we also experienced the heat wave. So I also thought of the same thing.. to buy him a little swimming pool. Since then he always loved to play in the water even if the weather is quite cold.

[wishbone]

I heard a lot of great surviving stories there, good to hear another from you.

Good for you hilary...
You survive it...
I remember my friends mini pincher...
He died because of heat stoke...

Hi! Thanks for sharing your story and glad to hear that the heat wave didn't harm your Puff. Good luck!

[lil mutt]

Welcome to the forum...
If possible can you pls. post some pics of your pets...

hey we know what ur going through. I'm not far from Warrnambool in south west vic. Its been so hot that possums have been falling out of trees and bush fires are everywhere. Very Scary!!!! Even though we have water restrictions, I have found that watering well under a dense bush in the backyard gives all animals a nice cool spot to rest and relax and most importantly stay cool. Its been hard on the dogs cos they need to stay quiet to stay cool but they still need to expand a little energy. Cant wait for Autumn

Originally Posted by hilary

Hi i have just joined and I live in Australia with my maltese x bichon called Puff. We have survived a heat wave and it was hard to keep cool. I bought Puff a little swimming pool and he really enjoyed it.

Hi dear welcome to this forum and welcome to your puff also be with us u will get more enjoyment and lots of tips

Welcome to Dog Forums!
Excited to meet you, and hope to get to know you and your pups better.