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BY JAKE THACKER • EXECUTIVE MANAGER & PASTRY CHEF
••• from the chef keeping your pet during summer’s dog days
CHEF’S COLUMN JUN/JUL
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ALTHOUGH MY MAIN AREA OF EXPERTISE COULD BE CONSIDERED SPECIALTY DOG FOODS AND TREATS, HAVING WORKED IN A ALTHOUGH MY MAIN AREA OF EXPERTISE COULD DOG STORE FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS HAS EXBE CONSIDERED SPECIALTY DOG FOODS AND TREATS, POSED ME TO SOME REALLY COOL DOG PRODHAVING WORKED IN A DOG STORE FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS UCTS. (YES, THAT PUN WAS INTENDED. AND HAS EXPOSED ME TO SOME REALLY COOL DOG PRODUCTS. (Yes, that pun was intended. And yes, you’re allowed to groan.) With summer quickly approaching (Let’s hope! What was with that snow in May?!), it’s important to consider that dogs can easily become overheated. This excess heat can lead to serious problems such as heatstroke and other heatrelated health problems for your dog. One of my absolute favorite products I use to prevent this from happening to my dogs and recommend to my customers’ dogs is the KoolCollar. This easy-to-use invention works great both indoors and outdoors. CeCe, my Shih Tzu/Brussels Griffon mix, is a furry, furry girl! When we go out to the lake in the summer, she and my boss’ two Shih Tzus, Chuckles and Maurice, all have to wear their KoolCollars to keep, well, cool. It’s easy for us have a tiny cooler full of ice cubes that we can continue to fill their KoolCollars with as the ice melts down in the collars throughout the day. Since dogs don’t sweat like we humans, the KoolCollar’s melting ice creates an “artificial sweat” that promotes evaporative cooling for our furry friends. For me and my boss, it’s easy to tell that the Shih Tzus know it works; they expect to have their KoolCollars put on when we have our weekly day off at the lake.
My black Labrador Retriever mix, Jaz, can easily become hot under the sweltering summer sun, even if she’s just outside for a bit to go to the bathroom. With the purchase of a KoolCollar, you get both the collar and a KoolTube freezer tube. The freezer tube is a synthetic ice cube tube that slips in the collar. The KoolTube is great because it allows Jaz, a sloweddown senior girl, to stay cool while napping for hours on end in her bed on summer days without worry of water leaking from melting ice. KoolCollars come in three sizes: Small (11”-17.5”); Medium (17.5”-24”); and Large (24”-30”). The collars also available in blue, black or red as an added bonus. With the purchase of a KoolCollar, you also get one of the KoolTubes. However, if you would like, extra KoolTubes can be purchased separately. If you have any questions about KoolCollars or would like for your dog to try one on for size, we’d love to have you stop in at either one of our locations at Village Pointe or Midtown Crossing at Turner Park.
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