Well its been 90+ with many 95+ degree days so watching the dogs heat levels and water intake is crucial.
As I was doing this today I thought I'd write.
I make "doggie cubes" for the outside water dishes. I use a metal mixing dish, about 12" across that is rounded on the bottom. Fill it with water and a squirt of lemon juice, then freeze it.
Nutritionally, the lemon constitutes on of nature’s seven top sources of potassium, a mineral that promotes clear thinking, aids in normalizing blood pressure, and works with sodium to regulate the body’s water balance.
Lemons are also nature’s tops sources of citric acid, a life essential found in the cells of all living creatures.
The lemon is also a first rate insect bite repellent, not just because of its citric and ascorbic acid content but because of the organic citrus compound azadirachtin, a potent natural insect repellent which is secreted by the skin
of the lemon. Azadirachtin belongs to a family of limonoids, which give some citrus fruits their bitter taste.
I just run water over the outside of the metal bowl and it will slide out, making a huge ice cube that lasts longer than many small ones in the waterbowl.
We put a cage/box fan in back of that and it makes a cool breeze they lay in front of, the porch is covered but it gets very, very humid here. The cresteds love being outside, but their origins are Mexico and hotter climates so that makes sense!
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