While the rest of the country is supposedly buried in snow, we're having an 80+ degree heat wave on the beach. Ru never actually needs to be cooled down and rarely pants even in triple-digit weather, so I tested this bandana on myself.
The directions say to soak the bandana in cold water for 15 minutes. I followed the directions and stuck mine in a bowl of cold water, and was shocked to return 15 minutes later to find it bloated and enormous. It weighs more than a pound wet. While the dry Cooling Bandada fits Ru perfectly, I can't imagine putting something this heavy on a dog this tiny.
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Pros: Easy to use, and can be frozen to enhance the effect.
Cons: Seems to only get as cold as the water in which it was soaked. Cold water from the tap only got me a few minutes of cooling before the bandana got as hot as my neck. It's ridiculously heavy and so far impossible to dry.
Bottom Line: This does not use evaporative cooling and is significantly less effective that our Hurtta cooling coat.
Have you used any sort of cooling gear for your dog?
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