Day 6️⃣: Dog Hydration Check

Here are 2 ways of checking if your dog is dehydrated and one little myth at the end about wet noses. Hello, my name is Max Randall and welcome to day 6 of the summer series, collecting a nugget of value each day until you can confidently lead your dog through summer. And here's everything you need to know about checking if your dog is dehydrated. First, we check their gums. The gums and lips should be wet and shiny. If they're dry and kind of sticky, like a rubber glove feeling, they are lacking moisture. Now, the other one I want you to try right now is grabbing the skin on your dog's back and neck and letting go and see how quickly it pings back. That's your dog hydrated. Now, when they're dehydrated, it'll be much slower because just like the gums, the skin underneath is sticky, so it doesn't ping back. See what your dog is like right now. So that's what their skin is normally like and you have something to reference. Now, the myth is that you can tell a dog is dehydrated if their nose is dry, but dogs' noses are only wet because they lick them. So that's not an indication. But what if you spot someone's left their dog in the car? Are you allowed to smash that window? I'll see you tomorrow morning for that.