How To: Keep your dog cool in the summer with ice water

This video gives you tips on how to keep your dog cooler in the summer heat. Their natural body temperature in the summer is 102 degrees already. Dogs are unable to sweat. Their only mechanisms for cooling themselves naturally are their mouths and the pads of their feet. The first tip is to give your dog ice water. This will help to cool them down, and they will also enjoy playing with the ice. Another tip: buy a water misting portable fan to spray them with. A third tip: spray them with a water hose. Some dogs like to play with the water from the hose. Therefore, this can also be used as a game. Fourth, buy booties for their feet, if they will be walking on hot pavement.