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Originally Posted by alphadog
I'm a dog walker and I'm afraid to say rona that I do still take the dogs out. Our routes are changed to ones that are in shaded woodland with continual access to streams, rivers and lakes. We take things much slower and don't cover the same distance, instead we mess around in the water and have plenty of calm rest times in the shade.
It's far from ideal but most of them cope very well with this arrangement. The owners continue to expect their dogs to have a break at lunchtime, regardless of temperature, so I take it upon myself to be the one who monitors the dogs well being, as best I can within those perameters.
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I know a dog walker who refuses to take dogs out when it's this hot, she spends time with them at home.
If any of her customers want their dogs walked, she tells them to find someone else, because she will not be responsible for the possible death of their dog.
The problem is that the dogs are walked and heat can continue building in the dogs body, long after the walker has left