
06/20/2025
📢There's a heat weave moving through our area this weekend and next week. Please be careful and take precautions with yourself and your pets! 🌡🔥
A lovely bonus for our area is our stellar humidity. This makes it harder to keep temps down by sweating and/or panting, and shade is less effective at keeping us cool. It also means temperatures don't drop overnight as much.
What you can do you for your pets:
☀️Limit their time outside, try to take them out at cooler times of day and limit activity.
☀️Keep them inside in a temperature controlled environment
☀️Avoid walking on hot asphalt, walk on grass or trails when possible
☀️Always allow free access to fresh water
☀️DO NOT LEAVE THEM IN CARS, even for short periods of time. It is illegal in Loudoun county to leave them in a car unattended, not to mention extremely dangerous!
Here's is some more information from Loudoun County Animal Services on hot weather and pets: https://www.loudoun.gov/3996/Taking-Care-of-Animals-in-Summer-Weather