Hi Jan, You say there is a big difference in dogs being saturated and hosed off and that your Aussies were difficult to get wet. I agree with that. I come from 20 something years of Samoyeds and yes the bathing process is a long one because it took at least 20 minutes to get the coat completly wet enough to even apply soap.
However, with our precious little Cavaliers a hosing down or jumping in the wading pool does saturate at least a good part of their body. I was taught in order to cool down, make sure you completely wet the arm pits, inside the thighs and privates. I would think that this would be considered "saturated". Comparing my Sammy to my Cavs, no, my Sammy would in no way be saturated or possibly not even barely wet, but my cavs are most defineatly pretty saturated after a hosing or wading. (maybe I am over watering)- Based on your experience, am I in danger here? I can only say the times that he did enter the ring "ringing wet" that he did perform much better than being dry and was pretty comfortable after his run. Cindy Medina On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:16:40 -0700, mjtkrinker Rinker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There is a big difference in a dog who is saturated to the skin and a dog who is hosed off or jumped in the creek etc. My dogs, bathed frequently, are very difficult to "get wet" I believe there is a reason for this-for their protection. My dogs have been out in weather just as hot with no consequences. Yes, they can be sprayed, get in the horse trough, etc. with no ill effects. I discussed this with several vets-not that I believe all they say-but we were in agreement. A dog saturated to the skin is not efficient at cooling. This same dog visited the ocean, rivers etc. all her life and never experienced problems. I will always let my dogs play in water, but now I know the difference. > >I hope this helps someone not to make the same mistake-but by all means cool off those hard working agility dogs etc. just know the difference. > >Jan Rinker > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
