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Simple to use and quick acting, the Ruff and Tumble Cooling Coat’s active water-cooling power keeps your dog cool throughout the day. Soak the dog Cool Coat in cold water, wring it out, pop it on, and the dog's temperature will start to lower.
Using an evaporative cooling effect, three layers work together to reduce the dog's heat.
With the maximum rating of UPF 50+, the outer silver layer deflects the sun's rays. The middle layer holds cool water in a reservoir section. Heat activates the cooling power of the water, mocking 'sweating' which then cools the dog.
The inner comfy mesh layer acts as a membrane, retaining the water in the middle layer and cooling the dog without wetting it. Clips and the 'no-twist' design hold the Cool Coat firmly in place. For continuous cooling, ensure that the central layer is always ‘charged’ and full of water. We also cannot stress enough that the Ruff and Tumble Cooling Coat must be checked regularly so that the central layer never dries out, especially on hotter than normal days.
Like all dog accessories, it is important to use a Cooling Vest properly. This is especially important as they are a product that is more likely to be used on hot days, when the risk of heatstroke in dogs is higher. Heatstroke is serious, can happen quickly, be hard to detect and can be fatal. Our view at Ruff and Tumble is that Cooling Coats are designed to keep a cool dog cool, not cool a hot dog.
Although Cooling Gear will aid cooling, over-reliance on it is dangerous in certain temperatures/situations. It is naive to see them as a simple solution for heatstroke prevention, and they are not a treatment for heatstroke.
A Cooling Coat is something you would pack, with water to charge it, on a normal warmish day when you are out and about with your dog. You may use it on a car journey, in the shade, the house, when you have to go out, when it is warmer than normal, or when you think your dog may risk getting too warm. Active dogs and
owners welcome Cooling Coats as a way of keeping dogs cool when exercising – not on very hot days of course – but when it is sensible to do so and they could become warm.
With 25 dogs between 11 staff, we unanimously agree that there are times we need one. We are all quite active and enjoy walking and hiking with our dogs and it is reassuring to pack one in a rucksack, have one in the back of the car or in the boot room, just in case the day or activity might get to a temperature that we know will be too high to be comfortable for our dogs. It does not have to be that hot for some dogs to be uncomfortable and a Dog Cooling Coat, properly used, can be a real comfort for dog and owner.
