How to treat a dog with heatstroke
Tens of thousands of dogs suffer from heatstroke every year in the UK.
Prevention is the best approach, but owners should know what to do if their dog becomes overheated.
Many dogs die after overheating. First aid/cooling by owners can improve a dog’s chance of recovering from heat stroke massively.
The cooling needs to be done carefully for optimal effect: it isn’t just a case of chucking a bucket of cold water over an overheated dog.
Here are the 6 key steps owners should take if they think their dog is suffering from heatstroke.
1 Telephone your vet so to arrange for your dog to be seen as an emergency
2 Take your dog away from the heat source into a cool environment
3 Cool your pet down quickly in the correct way. Use lukewarm water: cold water or ice will cause constriction of the superficial blood vessels in the skin, which paradoxically may result in a reduced ability for the dog to lose body heat through convection.
4 As well as standing the dog in water, or hosing down with water, cover the animal with towels soaked in lukewarm water
5 Place the damp dog in an airstream of some kind to maximise heat loss by convection and radiation e.g. vets often use standing fans to help to cool dogs down.
6 For owners in practice when dealing with an overheated pet, this may mean pouring buckets of water or a hose over a dog, then draping them with soaked towels while driving them to the vet, with the car windows partially open to create a breeze
Intensive care by vets reduces the mortality rate
As well as continuing the cooling process while monitoring the core body temperature (it’s important not to over-chill affected dogs), vets need to take additional measures, including putting dogs on intravenous fluids to maintain the blood pressure. This helps the body to keep the blood flowing around the body, which is essential to cool down overheated internal tissues.
Some overheated dogs seem to make an initial recovery, only to deteriorate and die from internal organ damage the following day. Thorough and intensive veterinary intervention significantly reduces this risk.
Here is a link to the full Daily Telegraph article this information is from.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pets/news-features/treat-dog-heatstroke/
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The new WINTER HEROES Hurdlers & Chasers To Follow 2018-2019 annual is now available on Amazon.
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WINTER HEROES
Hurdlers & Chasers to follow 2018-2019
New for the 2018-2019 jumps reason.
A brand new list of exciting young horses to follow over the jumps selected by racing journalist and broadcaster Kel Mansfield.
Pen portraits for each horse with descriptions of past performances and trainer & jockey quotes etc..
The book also contains betting strategies and advice for following the horses in the list.
Winter Heroes is designed to help readers enjoy the jump-racing season as much as possible.
There is no better way to enjoy the thrilling sport of jump racing than to follow a select group of horses throughout the winter months.
You will feel far more involved as the season builds towards the Champion Hurdle, Gold Cup and Grand National in the spring if you are following a group of horses with the potential to play starring roles at the Cheltenham and Aintree festivals.
Support your horses, cheer them on at the track or when you’re watching them on TV.
You will become their virtual owner, without having to pay the expensive training bills. So remember to celebrate any victories and, granted a little luck, you could have many special memories by the end of the season.
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The new TURF STARS horses to follow annual 2018 is now available.
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The paperback version of Turf Stars 2018 will be available shortly.
TURF STARS 2018
The Turf Stars annuals set out to identify exciting young horses to follow during the Flat racing season selected by racing journalist and broadcaster Kel Mansfield.
There are essays about each of the 40 horses to follow in the main list describing their previous form and possible targets during the new season.
The essays include many informative quotes from the trainers, jockeys and connections of the horses discussed.
There is also a “Darkish Horses” section which covers another 20 horses to watch out for during the new season.
A new feature this year focusses on the thoughts and plans master Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien has for his awesomely powerful team.
As usual, the annual also contains betting strategies, staking plans and advice on how to follow the horses listed in Turf Stars and enjoy the thrilling sport of racing to the full.
Last year’s Turf Stars highlighted many of the season’s star performers including the top-rated horse of 2017 Cracksman, leading sprinter Harry Angel, 8-1 Craven Stakes winner Eminent, 8-1 Breeders’ Cup winner Wuheida and Royal Ascots winners Atty Persse 7-1. Barney Roy 5-2 and Coronet 9-1.
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There is no better way to enjoy the great sport of racing than to follow a select group of horses throughout the season.
You will feel fully involved and, with a bit of luck, some of the horses may make it to the big festivals such a the Epsom Derby meeting, Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood, the Ebor meeting at York and Champions’ Day at Ascot. Support the horses, cheer them on at the track or when you’re watching them on TV.
You will become their virtual owner, but you don’t have to pay any expensive training bills.
Remember to celebrate the victories and you could have many special memories by the end of the season.
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As some readers like to collect back copies, the Winter Heroes annual for 2017-2018 remains available from Amazon.
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Turf Stars
Turf Stars 2017 is still available from Amazon in Kindle & paperback formats for any reader who wishes to buy a back copy of the annual.
We have reduced the price of the Kindle version to £1.99. Unfortunately, production costs do not allow us to reduce the price of the paperback which remains £4.95.
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TURF STARS: 
The Turf Stars annual contains a list of exciting young horses to follow during the Flat racing season selected by racing journalist and broadcaster Kel Mansfield who has worked in the great sport of horse racing for more than 40 years.
There are essays on each of the 30 horses in the list describing their previous form and possible targets during the new season. The essays include many quotes from trainers, jockeys and connections.
This year’s Turf Stars contains new sections on the leading Irish and French-trained three-year-olds,
As customary there are betting strategies, staking plans and advice on how to follow the horses listed in Turf Stars and enjoy the thrilling sport of racing to the full.
Last year’s Turf Stars’ list of horses to follow included Galileo Gold winner of the 2,000 Guineas at 14-1 and Ribchester, who was third at 33-1 in the same race. Galileo Gold went on to win the St James’s Palace Stakes at 6-1 at Royal Ascot where Ribchester won the Jersey Stakes at 7-1.
There were many other good priced winners and placed horses in last year’s Turf Stars annual including Ajaazi and Royal Artillery who won at Haydock Park on the same day at 12-1 and 10-1 respectively.
Derby, Eclipse and Arc winner Golden Horn was the star of the previous year’s Turf Stars annual.
There is no better way to enjoy the great sport of racing than to follow a select group of horses throughout the season.
You will feel fully involved and, with a bit of luck, some of the horses may make it to the big festivals such a the Epsom Derby meeting, Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood, the Ebor meeting at York and Champions’ Day at Ascot. Support the horses, cheer them on at the track or when you’re watching them on TV.
You will become their virtual owner, but you wont have to pay any expensive training bills.
Remember to celebrate the victories and you could have many special memories by the end of the season.
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Winter Heroes
The new Winter Heroes annual for 2016-2017 is now available from Amazon in Kindle & Paperback formats.
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New cover for The Flyball 5
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Turf Stars 2016
Turf Stars 2016 now available from Amazon in Kindle and paperback versions.
The Kindle book costs £2.76p and the paperback £4.99
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