Tips to Keep Your Dog Safe All Summer Long
Summer is a great time of year for you to enjoy the outdoors with your dog. Whether a hike along a trail, a trip to the beach, mountains, or a stroll through the neighborhood, you’ll want to be sure to take precautions to keep your dog safe.
Here’s a few tips for you and Fido:
·       Never leave your dog alone in a car, even with the windows open. Parked cars, trucks or any vehicle can rapidly become a oven on a hot summer day, over heating and even killing your dog.
In California, where we live it is now illegal to leave your dog in a hot car.
“SB 1806 makes it a crime for a person to leave a pet unattended in a vehicle in a way that endangers the well-being of the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or lack of food or water, or other circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause suffering or death…â€
It is of little help to parking in the shade as temperatures inside a vehicle will still rise, especially as the sun will shift direction throughout the day.  Be on the alert for heatstroke. Heatstroke is an emergency condition that manifests itself through symptoms such as:
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Panting
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Looking ahead with a blank expression
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Nervous expression
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Will not respond to commands
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Dry, hot skin
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Fever
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Fast  heartbeat
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Vomiting
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Collapse
If you suspect heatstroke call a veterinarian immediately, then apply wet cool towels to the hairless areas of the body. This may help lower your dog’s temperature and give you precious time to get to a veterinarian. Even if your dog responds you must go to the vet as a relapse is quite common and can be fatal if not properly treated.
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Why Dogs 4 Life is Nuts for Mutts
 Nuts for Mutts  7th Annual Show
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On a recent bright and clear California Sunday, we joined throngs of canine aficionados, adoptive dog parents, dog rescue groups, vendors, spectators, and Hollywood celebrities for the 7th Annual Nutts for Mutts event sponsored by New Leash on Life. http://www.nlol.org/
As visiting press we made an effort to soak in as many aspects of the days activities as possible. The aim of the event is to provides a meeting a bonding venue for dog lovers in the greater Los Angeles area, while raising funds to support rescue, care and adoption outreach efforts.
New Leash on Life, like thousands dog adoption and pet rescue groups has a singular and overriding goal, that of rescuing and rehabilitating homeless dogs, then finding forever homes for their grateful wards.
The first impression that one is slammed with when first walking through the gates to the even is the incredible sense of positive energy and friendliness that permeates the venue. Visitors, contest participants, vendors, volunteers and the dogs themselves, seemingly instantly bond with everyone in sight, creating an instant sense of community.
And the show is not to be missed! More than 400 dogs competed in over 30 categories such as such as Fastest Eater, Best Kisser, Most Obedient, Fastest Mutt, Mystery Mutt and more .
 Celebrity Nuts for Mutts Judge, Miss Shirley Jones
Every contest, mimicking the fancy AKC show events provided an opportunity for pooches of all sizes and stripes to strut their stuff in the spotlight with their guardian handlers. And Hollywood celebrities, such as Shirley Jones, performing the difficult task of judging the loveable mutts, added a definitive LA quality to the event
OK, so the day was fun and we’ll be back for the next event, but what is it really all about? If your pup wins a contest or you happily chat up the wonderful qualities of your dogs with other spectators, will this make any difference to the thousands of dogs who are homeless or are being killed in dog shelters every day as a matter of course?
We‘re here to tell you that it does…in a big way. Raising awareness, raising funds, dog adoptions, meeting volunteers, recruiting new hands to help and enticing bigger media than we will ever be to tell the story on the evening news and wide spread publications all effectively aim in one direction.
As we see it, it is the support of a no-kill policy locally and nationwide when it comes to homeless dogs, promoting spay neuter to help achieve that goal and to place homeless dogs in loving homes who are our natural companions and not disposable trash.
 This little Handicapped Pooch Won FIRST PRIZE !!!
New Leash on Life also engages in other worthwhile activities such as it’s Lend a Paw program, rescuing dogs from dog shelters and training them as therapy dogs for those in need.Â
They are also developing a training program for all rescued dogs.
So if you are ever in the Los Angeles area when a Nutts for Mutts event is scheduled we wholeheartedly recommend that you make a point of attending.
If not, then you can still start your own event working with dog adoption and dog rescue groups in your home town, and make a difference in the quest to find an adoptive home for every dog. Through events such as this which promote education, awareness, and spay-neuter we will someday stop the inhumane policies of euthanizing homeless dogs as a matter of policy in most cities across the nation and worldwide.Â
Dogs 4 Life is Nuts for Mutts…don’t miss the next event !
For more information and resources on dog adoption and dog rescue visit Dogs-4Life at http://www.dogs-4life.com
Foreclosure Dogs Need Your Help
You may have seen news reports of dogs being abandoned when their
guardian’s homes have been foreclosed. Here’s our take on the
problem and some ideas on what can be done to help.
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The saying, adopt a dog, save a life has never embodied a more
urgent a plea. Across the fruited plain, in cities, towns and
hamlets, upscale, downscale and no scale communities, dogs are
being abandoned and too often forgotten. Confused and frightened,
dogs and puppies are simply left alone without food or water in
foreclosed homes. Others are dropped off on lonely roads, in parks
and woodlands. The lucky ones have been given to new homes and
families or to dog rescues or no kill dog shelters for later
adoption.
So what can be done?
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http://www.dogs-4life.com/foreclosure-dogs-need-your-help.html
Are You Ready to Adopt a Dog?
Are you thinking about adopting a dog for your family? If so, we think that’s great… but before you rush off to your local dog shelter, rescue group, or online adoption site, please consider whether your family is fully prepared to accept the lifetime responsibility of dog guardianship.
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And then take some time to consider what type of dog best suits the lifestyle of the family or individual who will be the dog’s guardian.
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Why Did My Dog Get Cancer?
Cancer in dogs is one of the biggest challenges to our dog’s longevity. Some studies show that as many as 50% of dogs today will be impacted by or die of canine cancer. With the number being so high we decided to do some research and see if we could find out why and what could be done to reverse or stop this deadly trend in it’s tracks.
We just posted a new article at :
http://www.dogs-4life.com/why-did-my-dog-get-cancer-.htmlÂ
which may shed some light on this topic and hopefully help us increase the longevity of our best friend
Nutts 4 Mutts
Last Sunday we visited Pierce College in Woodland Hills, CA for the annual Nutts for Mutts show benefitting New Leash on Life dog adoption programs.
Replete with a variety of contests, a star studded judging panel, exhibitors, dog adoptions, dog rescues and packed with visitors and their mutts, Nutts for Mutts is always one of the best planned and attended events in the happy world of dog adoptions.
We’ll be writing more about this in a few days.. if you want an alert when the article is ready just visit Dogs 4 Life at http://dogs-4life.com and sign up for our free newsletter. We’ll send you and quick heads up when we post the piece.
