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I live in a cool clime- a HOT day for us is 70 degrees. With all of the micro climes in the SF bay area, I can be in 90-100+ degrees in just 10 miles. For some of the spring-summer venues, you just don't know what the weather is going to be like from day to day. I remember one show where it was over 100 degrees. The next year at the same weekend, it didn't get over 56 degrees.
Because my dogs only see heat at shows, I am extra careful to make sure that my dogs are kept cool. I have been made fun of because of the steps I take. Well, their dogs are used to 80- to whatever degree temperatures. That is 20- to whatever more degrees then my dogs are used to.
I have had to get my dogs cooled down quick after stays that were done in sun. I have been made fun of because I yelled at someone that was taking the large buckets of ice water away (for some stupid reason they were told to get rid of the buckets) as I was hustling my dogs towards it.
I have also been told that my dogs should be able to work in 100 degrees and that I was babying them by not insisting on it. I have been made fun of for putting ice packs on my dog's testicles. Believe me, he didn't mind.
If I was a weaker person, I might be cowed into not insuring that my dogs don't get heat stroke. To all of the stupid people that make fun of me, well I hope you never have a dog seizure and die on you because you were too embarrassed to get your dog cooled down.