Is it hot out here or is it just your mom?

[Rooster13]

About 11 years ago, I took my son's 90 pound yellow Lab dove hunting on an 83 degree cloudy windy day. He had already hunted a couple times and was in decent shape. About the 10th retrieve he started breathing funny and I yelled to the guy next to me to let the hunt master know. He hurriedly came and we loaded him up and got him in the shade and got a hose with cool water running on him and he was fine.

The next week had exactly the same conditions, 83 and cloudy with a good breeze. He was breathing a little hard and on the final bird, he fell over while going to the bird. We were in a different field and I could only get him to shade and only had some water from a few people's coolers to put on him. I put him in the air conditioned truck and left for home. By the time I got home he was almost unresponsive. We rushed him to the emergency vet clinic off Piney Grove Road. They told us he had less than a 5% chance of making it through the night. but required a payment of close to $1000 to keep him overnight. He did make it through the night and was transferred into Dr. Feeder's (?) care. He styed there for 8 nights and many times we were told he would not make it out of there. It severely affected his kidneys and he did not pee untill like the 5th day.

When I finally took him home after paying them over $3000 total and $400 for medicine, he only lived another year and died from kidney failure from this event. Dr. Feeder found that the cause of his problems was a paralyzed larynx and said it was fairly common in Labs but seemed to be more common in yellow Labs. He said he could possibly repair it for another $1500 or so, I said I just won't hunt him in warm temps and hunt him mainly on ducks and winter doves. He was a very good dog that died way to young.

I do not hunt my dogs when it is warmer than 88 degrees and hate to see people bring an out of shape, overweight dog to a 95 degree dove hunt. It literally is killing your dog. I love dogs and hate to see them suffer. Please think of them and leave them at home on hot days.

[Palmetto Duck]

About 11 years ago, I took my son's 90 pound yellow Lab dove hunting on an 83 degree cloudy windy day. He had already hunted a couple times and was in decent shape. About the 10th retrieve he started breathing funny and I yelled to the guy next to me to let the hunt master know. He hurriedly came and we loaded him up and got him in the shade and got a hose with cool water running on him and he was fine.

The next week had exactly the same conditions, 83 and cloudy with a good breeze. He was breathing a little hard and on the final bird, he fell over while going to the bird. We were in a different field and I could only get him to shade and only had some water from a few people's coolers to put on him. I put him in the air conditioned truck and left for home. By the time I got home he was almost unresponsive. We rushed him to the emergency vet clinic off Piney Grove Road. They told us he had less than a 5% chance of making it through the night. but required a payment of close to $1000 to keep him overnight. He did make it through the night and was transferred into Dr. Feeder's (?) care. He styed there for 8 nights and many times we were told he would not make it out of there. It severely affected his kidneys and he did not pee untill like the 5th day.

When I finally took him home after paying them over $3000 total and $400 for medicine, he only lived another year and died from kidney failure from this event. Dr. Feeder found that the cause of his problems was a paralyzed larynx and said it was fairly common in Labs but seemed to be more common in yellow Labs. He said he could possibly repair it for another $1500 or so, I said I just won't hunt him in warm temps and hunt him mainly on ducks and winter doves. He was a very good dog that died way to young.

I do not hunt my dogs when it is warmer than 88 degrees and hate to see people bring an out of shape, overweight dog to a 95 degree dove hunt. It literally is killing your dog. I love dogs and hate to see them suffer. Please think of them and leave them at home on hot days.

If your dog wacked out at 83 and cloudy how did you settle on 88? I don’t go run sprints at 88, but I’m not a dog? FWIW I had a lab go through he same thing at 82 on he 4th bird of the day. Weekend before was fine all day at 83.

[Rooster13]

If your dog wacked out at 83 and cloudy how did you settle on 88? I don’t go run sprints at 88, but I’m not a dog? FWIW I had a lab go through he same thing at 82 on he 4th bird of the day. Weekend before was fine all day at 83.

This dog was the only one I have had with a paralyzed larynx. It was my son’s dog, I have never owned a Lab even though I think they are great dogs. I have been a German Wirehair owner going on 35 years now. They are usually in great shape when I am hunting them and have been acclimated to the heat more. Different dogs and breeds can take heat differently obviously.

[wcrites307]

you were lucky. I know Dr. Feeder and he was a genius vet. He retired and sold the er clinic to play pro poker. He just came out or retirement to work at UC Davis Vet school