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Penn Vet's Best Tips to Keep Your Pet Cool

Ryan Hospital Emergency Services veterinarians weigh in on how to keep dogs and cats healthy in hot weather

August is called the dog days of summer for a reason. It’s usually this summer month that is the hottest, stickiest and potentially dangerous for dogs and for cats.

“We see several cases of heat exhaustion or heatstroke every summer in Emergency Services,” said Kenneth J. Drobatz, DVM, director of Emergency Services at Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital. “In most cases, a trip to the emergency room with your dog or cat can be avoided if an owner takes a couple of tips to heart.”

Here, we’ve listed tips to ensure you and your pet get through the last full month of summer without needing immediate veterinary care in response to one of the hottest seasons in recent memory.

Learn what the hot weather tips are here »

Radnor Hunt Star Receives Endoscopy at New Bolton Center

“If you don’t look for it, you won’t find it.” Dr. Eric Parente remembers well this advice from his time as a veterinary student. And it is counsel that has served him well in his career as a surgeon with a particular interest in the upper airways of the horse.

Looking for the unexpected is also something for which Ballet Boy, a well-muscled, deep bay gelding, might thank Dr. Parente.

Bred in Ireland as a steeplechase racer, the horse developed a persistent cough and his performance began to decline. Though Ballet Boy had been through the appropriate testing for such a condition, nothing had been revealed, and the cause of his chronic respiratory issues was a mystery yet to be solved when he first came to the Widener Hospital for Large Animals at New Bolton Center in the spring of 2010. He was seven years old.