Introducing Fraser - our sweet Fraser has crossed The Bridge

Our heartfelt appreciation and congrats Naomi!!!

Welcome aboard to you and Trish!!!

Oh thats a good point about chewing it up, I don't that would be too good if the dogs ate gel :eek::eek::eek:

Very probably not, but in his case it's not an issue. The only damage he has ever done in his entire life is to bury socks in the backyard :D That's his form of revenge for leaving him.:rolleyes: He isn't a chewer at all, but he does like lying on things. I have no less that 5 pet beds on my lounge room floor, another 2 out in the backyard and one in my bedroom (which is more of a step to get on my bed). That is between 2 dogs! And at any one time, there is always at least one in use, usually 2 unless they are lying on the tiles because they are cooler. Of course, if I drop an article of clothing on the ground, they refer to lie on that given the chance.

So my thoughts are, a cool mat, and if they don't lie on it by themselves, then I'll drop a t-shirt on it. Problem solved! :D:D

My reservations with the gel mats are that it could leak (not that they will chew it), yet the water mats I hear are very heavy and can smell after a while. So I guess it comes down to which will be more effective. I think I might have to bite the bullet this weekend and just go buy one - whichever I can find. It's going to be 39 (101F) on saturday and it's a good time to try it.

Meanwhile if anyone has any other advice - please share!

Sorry I have no experience with the cool mats. :( My boy, Bear, really minds the heat and sometimes I'll take a spray bottle with water and spritz his belly and the top of his head. He really enjoys that as it does seem to cool him down a bit.

Oh Yikes that is HOT!

Dogs just seem to love anything that has our smell on it. T-shirts to the rescue.
Mine really like towels, after you've taken a shower.

Try stay in a cool place with temps that warm. Buckets of ice! ohh, margaritas. See where the mind goes. LOL

hugs
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Naomi,

I don't have any experience with cooling mats either, but see them in some of the pet dogalogs that I get. I will be interested to see what you end up getting. That kind of heat is horrible, and very dangerous for our pups. We had a lot of over 100 degree weather last summer. It was brutal. They said it was our hottest summer on record. Now it is bitter cold, with wind chill, so brutal on the other extreme.

I told Trish that you guys are killing me with all your stories about tripe. I decided to wait till the weekend to start looking at that, it sounds scary, lol. :eek:

Congratulations on becoming a Forum Host Naomi. Now you better take a day to read Jasper's thread so you can get up to speed on my complicated little boy. Lord knows we can use all the help and support we can get!! :D

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

:DI laughed when I read about all the beds Naomi! Flynn has quite a selection too, his proper bed is right by my bed (he won't sleep with me, likes his own space) and next to that is a long red doggy soft pad thingamy, because sometimes he hops out of bed for a stretch out and I did not like him lying on the hard floor which is carpeted but thought bit uncomfortable for his old bones too! He likes his pad so much I got one for the back seat of car. Mum bought him one for her house so he can sit by her chair, plus he has a nice cane bed in their lounge room and another in the conservatory so he can laze in the sun! Plus on the couch here he has his own spot with his own blanket on it :D:D Jeepers I often think how many beds does a wee dog need!! They gotta be comfy though eh!! :D:D Yay it's Saturday morning, I love lazing about at the end of the week

Ahh Saturday's, thank heavens for that! 2 days back at work after holidays and I am already stuffed! Mind you, when I got home last night I thought the world had gone crazy with the number of posts that had come in! Took hours to read everything :D (As you know, I like to be thorough)

Well the boys had their haircuts yesterday. Fraser is now 2 shades lighter again. As a puppy he was jet black (hard to believe) now he's a real silverback! But the new fur that has grown in underneath his existing fur is a lighter shade again, and now that he's been cut, it shows through! He never did loose fur with the cushing's (I think we caught it before that started to happen) but he still regrew new stuff anyway :eek: His fur is 2x thicker now than it was - not the best result in this heat but still fine with me. Hi next haircut is only 7 weeks away so he will get through the heat fine, the fur is only 1/2 a centimetre long over his body. Added some photos of my boys to a Album if you haven't seen them.

Off to try and find a cool mat this morning somewhere, will be interesting to see what I can find. If nothing, might yet end up being ebay. Who knows? Will review the options at least.

It Is hard going back and getting into the routine isn't it.
I completely understand coming home to a whole lot of emails and trying to catch up on everything. Some days are very Busy on here. :)

Love the pictures of the guys. What handsome ones they are. Love those soulful eyes.

Good luck on the mat hunt! We'll want to hear all about it!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Ok, so ?I've bought a gel style cool mat, there was actually an extra bonus one in the box so I have 2! It came from a local dog rescue place so I feel good about that too. Spent over an hour talking to the lady that runs it, I think between some of you guys and here, I have probably changed my mind about one day (after my boys have moved on) adopting a rescue. I've always been wary, but I think I may go that path, and even before that adoption time. might try fostering. Of course this is a while (hopefully years) in the future as my two would not tolerate interlopers. :rolleyes:

Anyway, will see how the mats go and report on them at a later date. Hope everyone has a great weekend!