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bluebelle
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heat and dogs

How do you all keep your dogs cool in the long hot spells?

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heat

i hose them down with the water hose a few times a day or go swim race them at a pond down the road

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Patio misters accross top of dog pens about 15 degrees cooler since using the misters.You can get the patio mister kit from TSC for $25.00 It really works well.

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KEEP MINE IN A COVERED PEN WITH FANS ON THEM AND CHANGE THERE WATER ABOUT 3 TIMES A DAY WITH A BAG OF ICE IN IT ...THEY WILL STAND IN BUCKET TO HELP COOL OFF...ITS TOUGH OUT THERE......

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105 sat and sun man m dogs streched out i try to wet the shaded spot seems to help a little

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Mine are in an air conditioned garage .

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Mine have shade and water.

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GA DAWG
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Mine have shade and water.
Same here. My old dog has still Layed in her barrel during this hot weather. She must be cold natured. Im not at home to do all the other stuff. Have no power down at pens or water.

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quote:
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Same here. My old dog has still Layed in her barrel during this hot weather. She must be cold natured. Im not at home to do all the other stuff. Have no power down at pens or water.


Funny. Us in the south are known for mild winters and Haydees summers but I am more likely to worry about plenty of bedding or rags or straw in the winter. LOL. The Northern folk with their mild summers more worried about summer. LOL Well, I recon we all got to have something to worry about to make us feel good about ourselves.

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Mine have Ac guess I kind of like them a little.

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I replace chains end of August. Mine be snapping them in Sept so happy.

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AC. in the house.

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i just make sure mine has shade and water, if it gets hot they will dig a little depper in the dirt.lol

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way more worried about keeping me cool than i am my dogs.... if they cant take it in the pen how are they gonna be able to perform at night

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i don't work when its this hot, so i take a trip down to the kennels 4 times a day to give them fresh water. last yr i bought some new kennels and made good use of a morton cattle barn thats open on the south side. the kennels are under a roof now so there shaded good with plenty of air flow. and i didn't have to shovel snow out of them last winter.. i'm happy and the dogs are happy. oh i just check the thermometor on the truck, it's 102 at 2pm.

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quote:
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i don't work when its this hot, so i take a trip down to the kennels 4 times a day to give them fresh water. last yr i bought some new kennels and made good use of a morton cattle barn thats open on the south side. the kennels are under a roof now so there shaded good with plenty of air flow. and i didn't have to shovel snow out of them last winter.. i'm happy and the dogs are happy. oh i just check the thermometor on the truck, it's 102 at 2pm.
some folk are lucky not to have to work in the heat lol.... got so hot i quit fishing this morning so i could do some work.... my dogs have year round shade and fresh water.... never thought they should need much else

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some folk are lucky not to have to work in the heat lol.... got so hot i quit fishing this morning so i could do some work.... my dogs have year round shade and fresh water.... never thought they should need much else
if its to hot for me to work, its probably to hot for me to go fishing too!!LOL

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T Felderman
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Its HOT alright. 101 today

Dogs in shape can take the heat way better than the dogs not getting hunted.

Guess I wont be able to cut loose till after midnight tonite.

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When its this hot the last thing I care to do is coon hunt. My dogs are set up similar to Dave's, under an enclosed lean-to on 3 sides open to the south, I've got a fans on each end blowing some air around and water the dogs twice a day and check on them couple more times. I've got a litter of pups in an elevated wood floor kennel with shade wraps on top and on the side. I put a little kids pool in there full of water so they can romp around in and cool off. That kennel gets a lot of afternoon / evening sun so that helps.
I tried to fish last evening. I was all set up and planned to fish most the night. I fished from about 6pm-10pm and all I caught was a huge snapping turtle and a small willow cat right before I left. I was soaking wet sitting there in my own sweat. My beers wouldn't even stay cold after being on ice. Right before I left I flipped on my LED light and the bugs surrounded me. I said the hell with it and headed for the house. The entire time I was thinking how miserable it would be to be coonhunting in this weather.

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Shaun Paton
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hot!

I built my kennels under a 150 year old maple tree. The shade is awsome. In this awful heat I freeze a gallon of water in a milk jug and put it in the box with them. The dogs love it, and will lay right next to them.

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Brogy, you should have called up Pollard to go fishing. I thought I read earlier in the post where he was fishing instead of working! HAHA

I may have read wrong don't recall.

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too hot to work, to hot to fish!!! todd i sent you a pm

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I have covered runs with concrete floors; I have 3/4 covered ends on the runs. That way they can regulate their own heat by moving to a different place in the kennel. I feed lightly during the summer, even the dogs I am hunting. I want to retain muscle and some body fat, but no more in hot weather. I hunt four to seven nights a week year round. The dogs I am hunting regularly are conditioned and climitized, when you lay them up for long periods and try to hunt them that's when they suffer.

I also feed around 9:00 AM and fill the water pans and "soak down" the runs; this lets the dogs keep cool about all day.
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My pup ain't treeing as hard as she's capable of. That's what I hate about the hot weather

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quote:
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same here! and they should consider themselves privileged to have that

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