WOW!!! It's Hot

[muffin57]

Just have to get through today and tomorrow is suppose to be a bit cooler for a couple of days and then the temp is going to climb again, I'll be able to get some chores done a food prepared for the next heat wave. I know we are more fortunate than some people with ruined crops, forest fires and people dying from the heat. as in Quebec. It has been hazy here with smoke for a few days that I believe is from forest fires burning near the Manitoba border. In a news release today they said that 7 new forest fires in NW Ontario and that smoke is drifting in from the west and the US. We've had a hazy red sunset for the past three evenings. It was feeling like 40 yesterday and just the same today. The humidity is something else again. Take care everyone!

[baronrenfrew]

aye, the heat has got to me. I am getting used to it but with my extra bodyweight (I hit 312! where I ammnormally 285 (which is still too much)) I am too hot to do firewood so i am way behind on that...and winter is coming!

not to mention Duchess has “hot spots” and the bill from the vet today $571! (they have a big staff and they deserve a good pay but it still stings)

[ross]

What .... no Bananas for my breakfast Corn Flakes .Holy Crap man .

[TomK]

aye, the heat has got to me. I am getting used to it but with my extra bodyweight (I hit 312! where I ammnormally 285 (which is still too much)) I am too hot to do firewood so i am way behind on that...and winter is coming!

not to mention Duchess has “hot spots” and the bill from the vet today $571! (they have a big staff and they deserve a good pay but it still stings)

Bert...body weight has little to do with falling behind on the chores...i am a tad leaner than you but this heat makes it hard to maintain the pace for a full days work outside, and getting the wood in is more than a days work...

...as to the vet bill, i find that the costs are getting stupid...i think what is happening is that the vets are finally cluing in to the fact that the public sees their pet as a member of the family to be saved at all costs...this is a recent phenomenon...hot spots are no fun, we have had two occurances in recent years but the remedy does not warrant that kind of billing...its at a point where people are not going to be able to pay so will choose to put the animal down...and then there is a movement afoot to remove the animal from your possession because you are unable to provide the necessities of life...

[baronrenfrew]

yep, and "vet tourism" is an option for folks within an hours drive of the US border. I am aware of many folks that go down for spaying and neutering and other bigger costs due to the price being about half what we pay here.

[Killerbunny]

Yes the vet tourism happens here but now some of the US vets are hiking the prices assuming that Canadians don't check.

[kenya]

Yes the vet fees are getting stupid ridiculous, each time I took my moms pup in for shots it was 200 dollars and I had to take her in 3 times and thats just for shots.

[Shnookie]

TomK if you wash clip the hair off the hot spot, wash it with Betadine or soap, then dry it thoroughly, and then put zinc ointment on it, I have found they are easy to get rid of and it doesn't matter if the dog licks off the zinc. Just put some more on

[TomK]

TomK if you wash clip the hair off the hot spot, wash it with Betadine or soap, then dry it thoroughly, and then put zinc ointment on it, I have found they are easy to get rid of and it doesn't matter if the dog licks off the zinc. Just put some more on

Thanks @Shnookie ...thats pretty well what i learned last time in...and i even have a clipper now...Esther had it bad on the underside of her neck (Great Pyrennes) so you can imagine...even today she just stands there and takes in a good scratching in that area ..i think the nerve endings got zinged a bit..it was a pretty harsh dose....

[kenya]

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't work very long in this crazy heat. I dread getting the hay in.