The Spotted Devil Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 We are lucky being at home as well. My snuggly ones have clearly been missing the cuddles and human contact as they've been lying all over me this morning in the relative cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westiemum Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 I just sing the praises of the mother who is dog sitting today, the friend who dog sat on Tuesday and the great people at DogCity Doggy Daycare who looked after them Wednesday and yesterday - hang the expense - my peace of mind that my guys are well. looked after and supervised is worth every cent. But still can't wait for tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyp Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 We're all home but I've been leaving our girls outside all day. I think they're better off there because we don't have aircon. They spend all of their time on the back verandah which is on the southeast corner of the house. It gets the morning sun, but at least half of it is in the shade from late morning on. There are other shady spots around the yard, but they insist on staying there. I've been going out two or three times a day to hose the verandah, and dogs, down. Indi hides in her kennel when she sees the hose, but Em will tolerate it even though she hates being hosed. Once I go away they both lie on the wet concrete and Em doesn't pant for a while. I think the cool change is starting to come in. The wind has picked up and shifted round and the temp is starting to drop - still 41, but was 45 an hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 We'd been doing fine all heat wave but last.night our house just wouldn't cool down and I woke up at about 1 AM to pup panting frantically and burning up . I tried wetting a tea towel and laying it down on.the tiles in front of the fireplace but she didn't quite understand and wouldn't lay down on it so I triedwrapped her in the wet towel and went and got a fan from the garage. Turns out the fan was in the garage because its broken and you have to wait ten minutes for other to get going! In the mean time i tried to bring her body temp down by soaking another towel in icy chilled water and then wrapping it around a freezer brick and putting that underneath her while feeding her ice cubes so that she got hydrated. She cooled down pretty quick and i got the fan to work so we just fell asleep infront of that but poor puppy is really sick of the heat! Bring tomorrow is all I can say. Be careful wrapping in ice or putting ice on an overheated dog, cooling them down too quickly can be just as dangerous as overheating. One of my pugs was hot last night so I put her in a cool bath and she lay on the floorboards to sleep (she tried snuggling up to me but thankfully after about 10 minutes moved to the floor lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westiemum Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep they sure are like 'hot water bottles' when they snuggle up! Last thing I need in 40+ degree heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentchild Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Cool change coming at 5, earlier than forecast, yayyyyyy. http://m.theage.com.au/victoria/temperature-to-plummet-as-cool-change-makes-its-way-across-victoria-20140117-30ydr.html Dog is going to town on some ice cubes at the moment while the cat just bats hers around and chases it as it slides across the floor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 It's still 30 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkycat Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Still 42 here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yuck come on cool change!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Maeby Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yay for the cool change! So over this heat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep they sure are like 'hot water bottles' when they snuggle up! Last thing I need in 40+ degree heat. I just soaked one of my cats and she felt so much better she climbed onto my lap. Not helpful but very sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westiemum Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Still 42 degrees here. - actually I think we are still in for another 30 degree overnight stinker before a cool change tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentchild Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep they sure are like 'hot water bottles' when they snuggle up! Last thing I need in 40+ degree heat. I just soaked one of my cats and she felt so much better she climbed onto my lap. Not helpful but very sweet I just wiped my cat down with a damp towel, she decided it was a toy and tried to eat my hand, steal the towel and try to eat it. Clearly the heat is not putting a dampener on her cheekiness. She's now lying in a sunny spot by the window................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Are You Serious Jo Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep, just checked and 42 on my veranda as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westiemum Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yay! Got that wrong!!! The cool change comes in tonight!! Thank goodness for my poor old heat pickled brain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajirin Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 poor ol 17 year ol cat has been feeling the heat, have his room ventilated with the ac blowing out towards that way [he still hides out in his room from the dog, as he's never liked the dog...even though he grew up with 3 huskies /sigh]. He seems happier now and is just sprawled out on his bed. Dog is sprawled out on his in the family room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentchild Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Cool change is here for me!! It's lovely outside now. Doors and windows open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 It's just dropped to 39.9C here. Hopefully it will continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 It's about 29 here, not cool enough to cool the house down yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundyburger Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 27 here, house is cooling. An hour ago it was 42 and I had one very stressed dog. He ended up in the bath to cool him down, now hes not panting and pacing the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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