When Tim and I got home Friday we took the dogs for a walk to 2 different Dog parks. It was warm out but not too hot, we had plenty of water for them too. SO we set out to explore a new dog park close to our house. We took them to some trails in the woods and came across a ravine for them to play in. After about 30 min we left and set out to the other dog park we normally go to.(by car, with AC fully going, windows down and both there heads out the window.) We were there mostly casually walking and training. Anyway we were there for about an hour and a half. When we got home I noticed Harley was not like herself. She didn't want to eat or drink. So I got out some ice cubes and held it while she licked it, I rubbed it on her nose a little. And she finally ate. I still kept a close eye on her and she still was very slow moving and her breathing was not right. She was panting very hard and sounded like she was wheezing. Tim moved her into the bedroom (cooler in the bedroom, we have to fans going in there) and we got the fan on her to cool her down and tim layed with her. after about 30 min her breathing returned to normal and she was fine. I called the vet the next day, described what happend and asked if it was asthma. They said no that it was from the heat, heat stroke, and when you notice that to take them out of the heat into a cool place and cool them down slowly, and make sure they drink plenty of water. It was sooo scary!!
Nina
