People are really mad about dogs and heat stroke?

People go OTT. It should be common sense. If you need to walk them, do it early or late, or take them to somewhere shaded/with a stream. Don't walk in the hours of peak sun. Don't lock them in cars. Cool your car down first. Just don't be an idiot basically. It's the same logic as young children in the heat. If it's too warm for your 2 year old to play in the garden, it's too warm for your dog. And don't take out your elderly/frail dogs.

Sadly some people have no common sense.

Depends on your dog breed and the dogs fitness level. I took mine out at 7pm, for a short walk. She took ages to stop panting when we arrived home. Was worrying

Agree, I get nutters trying to get my dog to drink from their water bottle. My dog is 100% thinking - I don’t know what’s been in your mouth, not sharing with you!!
I live so close by, my dog is hydrated. If he’s not drinking from all those water bowls outside the shops, he’s not thirsty. Dog & I used to live in place 32* every day, no dogs there died from hot streets.

The other new crazy human behavior, is think it’s cruel/ irresponsible/ abandoned/ theft risk, to tie a dog outside a shop. Not bringing a dog into Tesco, pharmacy, etc. Plus, there are shops my dog does not like to go into, he prefers to sit outside. Lunatics wait outside to berate me, or hear them talking “oh he’s abandoned… let’s have a selfie”

He is 10 yr old Labrador, neutered, with some joint issues. He is not financially attractive to a thief.

No you are not! It was warm here today but certainly not scorching and it was fairly cloudy. The forecast is for rain over the next two days before brightening up to abut 22°.

I had to rush my dog to the vets a few years ago and was without a car, I couldn't find a taxi driver willing to take him so I took him on the bus. It was a blistering hot day and the looks and comments I got off busy bodies was awful (too big of a dog to carry).

Equally I saw somebody walking a German shepherd puppy today at peak of 31c. I was only outside because I had an appointment I wouldn't have left the house otherwise and I did judge very very hard.

Some people do. My upstairs neighbours have two dogs (and a cat) and only the big dog ever goes out (for all of five minutes.) It's a Labrador as well. The little one I have never seen (although I hear it all the time) and I've lived here for nine and a half months.

I’m in Italy with my dog at the moment. She loves the warmer temperatures but we have to be really careful with her overheating while the local dogs seem completely at ease with a 15km hike up a mountain. It’s been almost two months and my dog hasn’t acclimatised in any way!

Honestly couldn't agree more. We are farmers and have sheep, cattle and numerous dogs. The sheep and the cattle just get on with it in the same way the dogs do. Yes it's hot but make sure they've got access to water and shade and ours will still choose to be out with us even when given the option to stay. Our Collies even still try to work sheep and get extremely distressed if they hear the quad leaving without them. Unfortunately we don't get to stop working because it's hot! We only don't work the dogs if it's very, very hot, otherwise it's business as usual and the dogs wouldn't have it any other way and have never come to any harm (neither do the poor sheep with their thick wooly fleeces!!). I find it so weird when people go on as if a dog can't stand hot weather.... we've got 6 dogs at the moment (4 collies and 2 spaniels) and have had working dogs for generations, not once has the hot weather ever been an issue. We can't move sheep without the dogs and we can't just stop working when the Mercury climbs.

I was on holiday near Sorrento on e May and the hotel had a beautiful golden spaniel. One afternoon when I got back, they’d had him clipped short all over except a tuft on his tail. This was to help him stay cool.

We had this issue with our rescue dog when we first got him. Really inconvenient at times! Our trainer told us to take one of our dogs poo's home and pop it in the garden. It worked!

I agree with you. Strongly.

The way dogs are treated in this country is honestly bonkers 😂 obviously excercise common sense, but also 🤪

No, we've had to put the heating on today for a bit.

Yes it doesn’t fail down here at night. I’ve just gotten back from Morocco where it is very hot.
But the sun sets earlier and it cools right down around 3am until 6am. You could actually use a blanket. Here? No

@Divebar2021 That sounds absolutelyy spot on and really caring💗

YANBU
People love passing judgement on dog owners. No one loves that dog more than their owner so the idea that they would
do something to cause harm to them is ridiculous.

Let’s all go around shouting at parents to put a sun hat on their child, make sure they have a bottle of water and wear factor 50. Except that doesn’t happen because we aren’t all self righteous idiots.

I certainly wouldn’t defend that kind of behaviour. You obviously love and care for your dog, and such people are out of order - especially when they don’t even know you. But in general I do understand the concern for dogs in hot weather. And if people are getting angry about this issue, it’s no bad thing. At least it shows they care.

I took my elderly neighbour out for a drive at lunchtime today and had to have the aircon on as it was 32degs. Whilst we were out I saw two elderly couples walking their dog in the hottest sunshine! I was so cross with them and I think they could see that from my face as I stared at them 🥵😡

Mad dogs and English Men out in the midday sun. Dogs in hot countries tend to find shade and snooze the hottest part of the day. Tyson being dragged round the park during lunchtime does not get that .

I don’t know, but I’d love to be wherever you are.

I live abroad (frequently in the 40s) and it’s rare to see dogs out in the heat unless they are going ac car into ac building. Walking them in the day is not the norm and would be heavily judged. We have constant messaging about this and children being left in hot cars anytime the temps get over the 20s.

I think until you’ve been on the receiving end of this you don’t realise how unpleasant it is. If you are trying to do your best by your dog and get shouted at and called an “ignorant bitch” and told you don’t care about your dog, it is really nasty. You can explain that you are only out for 10 minutes and they need a wee, and you’re in the shade or have a cooling coat on them-but the person being nasty doesn’t want to hear it.

I'm a veterinary nurse and have had the very sad experience of dealing with heatstroke cases and it is horrific and a traumatic death if we can't save them, obviously totally avoidable when commonsense is used.
I saw a struggling overweight bulldog out yesterday in a public place ,idiot owners like this never cease to amaze me, absolutely no excuse other than sheer stupidity and selfishness .
Most of the dogs that came into our practice today were clearly miserable even with air con.
I think our country is correct in losing the plot over this, uk dogs have very little experience of this heat unlike dogs in hotter countries.
I will completely judge an owner taking their dog out in this heat regardless of why they did it as there is simply no excuse and enough information out there in the public domain about how dogs -and other pets are affected by heat .

One of the things I like about this country is the affection for dogs and the hatred of cruelty to animals. It can’t be a bad thing that people worry about dogs suffering in the heat. I’m sceptical of the idea that dogs in Spain or Italy are more used to heatwaves that dogs in the U.K. Surely a spaniel suffers in 90 degrees no matter where he lives.