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Animal ATTRACTION |
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March 2008
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I was doing some trackwork at Memorial Park this morning. I'm out there so much I have begun to see the same people on their morning runs, as well as some of the same dogs: Labradors, little Chihuahuas, and mutts. Even a beautiful Great Dane named Andy was out for a walk today. Fortunately, Memorial Park has water fountains for dogs, and at 8:30 in the morning, the heat has not become unbearable. It's a good time to get dogs out for a short walk. Flash forward to 12:30 today, and I drive past Memorial Park on the way to do some errands. By gosh, if I don't see people out there running with their dogs. Can I tell you how much this drives me NUTS? It's 12:30 in the afternoon, folks. It's HOT to us. Imagine how a running dog feels. No matter how much water you give your dog, the afternoon is not the time to be taking Fido out for some exercise. I went to The Weather Channel's PetCast page to see when it would actually be safe to take a dog out for exercise. On this page, you can fill in the pertinent information about your animal, where you live, and VOILA! You'll get the hours of when it's safe to walk your dog or play outside with your cat. Tomorrow, the "safe hours" for KHOU's zip code are from 6-9AM in the morning. We humans can complain all we want about Houston's heat and humidity. Our pets can't. Remember that when you're heading out for a bit of exercise with your pooch. |
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