blackmagic Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 It i unbelievably hot here after a cold, windy , sometimes wet , week. I did manage an hour in the garden this morning and a couple of hours this afternoon but am now glad to be in cool. The heat is very tiring. We have visits from a mummy pheasant and 7 tiny chicks, ThE hot, dry weather we have had must have been good for them rearing their young. The pheasants are not good mothers. they wander about ignoring the chicks who have to keep up. Sometimes they don't notice where she has gone and are then lost unless they can find her again. Two years ago one came with 7 chicks. Next visit 6, next visit 5 and so on until none. I think it might be because they are raised and then released by the big estate here for their shooting parties. These are the ones that have escaped so far. If they don't experience being nurtured they won't know how to do it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted June 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 Poor pheasants. There is one, maybe more, that must have escaped from somewhere and now lives around the old railway line where we often go for walks. It's heating up here, although not yet at the point of being uncomfortable. I suspect it will get there as the week goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 I love pheasants, so beautiful to look at.. hope all the babies make it Yantan...scorchio here...I can manage maybe 10mins then have to come in, the white dog wants to stay out all the time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 Mummy red legged partridge called with her chick. My it has grown in a few days. The temperature reached 24.7 this afternoon. It is starting to cool down now. Murphy , being black, cannot take the heat. At the moment he is wandering abut the house trying to find a cool place. He usually lies on the tiles at the front door as they are cool but the sun is shining on the door at the moment so they are not cool. I suggested putting him in a cold shower. I don't think he would appreciate it. We got a paddling pool but he won't go in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 Blackmagic, do you have a b&m?? They have cooling beds for either £5or £10..I would happily get you one but fear the shipping would be extortionate... nearly killed me carrying the large for Molly! Pets at home have some but I think they are about£20, they aren't the sort that get the dog wet..you don't add water or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dog_beds_baskets/thermal_heated_blankets/cool_mats/280452?unique=HTML36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 I don't have a B&M but the Zooplus one looks interesting. I often consider cool coat but I don't think he would like wearing it and also it is not usually many days that are so hot up here. It mentions not placing in direct sunlight. Does that apply when using it as our front door is glass, the entrance hall/dining room and lounge are open plan with two sets of patio doors at right angles to each other so a lot of sunlight shines into the area. The kitchen also has two windows facing different directions so again allow lot of sun in. We are usually glad of any sun we get to warm the house up. Cooling it down is a rare problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 I just pop the cool beds in their crates or a shady bit Also, in my days with cash to spare..I bought swamp coolers for my old dogs, they are slightly large for this pair but very adequate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 zooplus are very good on prices and delivery. i get the dogs treats and chews from there. mouses special food was the cheapest from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 the yorkie i got offered free, has gone missing from a fosterer. hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 found. phew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted June 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 Archie is mainly black and he loves the sun and heat. blackmagic he wouldn't use a pool other than as a super sized drinking bowl and he wouldn't use a cooling mat either. I bought both him and George one each and had to get them from the USA as they weren't readily available here back then (about 12/13 years ago) and they cost a bomb. The prices now though have dropped so far that it wouldn't be any great loss if Murphy did a George and Archie. These days is Archie gets too hot he comes in a lies under the electric fan. It's going to be a hot 'un here today. Archie and I went for a walk early and were home by 8.30am. It was just pleasantly warm and we were shaded by trees for most of the walk anyway. Keep nice and cool today everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 i bought a cooling mat. the problem is getting them to lie on it. none of them would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 I just put my 2 in their crate with the mat..they had to lie on it lol I am gutted, just found out my drinking buddy partner in crime and general grumpy old sod has prostate cancer that has gone to his bones, he has had chemo but they got the liquid in his skin and now he can't feel his hand. He still has his sense of humour thankfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 what a shame xxxxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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