Ideas for keeping dog cool?

[OakLeaf]

Some of my dogs used to like to stand around in one of those plastic baby wading pools. Doesn't help in the house obviously, but it might make his outside time better.

Maybe since dogs cool themselves through their tongues, you could put ice in his water when he's thirsty.

[Trek420]

My dogs each have an elevated bed--different brand--they definitely prefer the beds to the floor. I put padded dog beds on top, so they are like platform beds. They don't like them without the pads. Too hard.

Just one of my mutts elevated beds. During the condo remodel my contractor built her a custom platform bed which depending on weather I had a standard pad, a cooling pad or a heating pad on.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/attac...0&d=1328496844

https://www.fetchdog.com/pet-supplie...amp-cot/H10015

Outdoor beds keep the air circulating while providing your aging mutt needed joint support.

[GLC1968]

I saved this link for my own dogs a few years ago. We have one grown dog that doesn't handle heat well (but luckily, it rarely gets hot here). Now we have a new puppy that is constantly overheating and it hasn't even been warmer than 65F yet! We are definitely going to to investigate the pads and maybe a vest once she's full grown.

http://htfx-inc.com/store/k9/index.p...index&cPath=65

[TsPoet]

Don't know if this would work all day, as an elevated bed would, but for hot summer hikes, my guys wear this
http://www.mightymitedoggear.com/coolvest.html

I wrote a review of various cooling vests (not sure if you can open this if not a member of this forum)
http://mightymitedoggear.com/forum/i...showtopic=5399

another option is zentec stuff. Very expensive, but works.
http://www.mightymitedoggear.com/cratepads.html#zentek

and here's another option for a cool vest
http://www.ruffwear.com/Swamp-Cooler...=2&category=12

(yes, i know I linked to small dog sites, 'cause that's what I have. Everything i linked to comes in bigger sizes)

[Becky]

I like those HTFx and Zentek beds! Thanks for the links!

[Tri Girl]

This is what our local pet rescue shelter uses (as well as our town shelter). We had one for our last pup, but she was quite destructive and eventually clawed at it and ate it to pieces. I would recommend it (our lab was just extra destructive).
It did a good job of keeping her cool in the summer (it was over the concrete floor so the coolness seemed to radiate up, and in the winter we put a thick fleece-covered memory foam pad on it.
http://kuranda.com/donate