{"id":169276,"date":"2022-07-14T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-okay-to-put-a-heating-pad-on-a-dog-3\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:50:11","slug":"is-it-okay-to-put-a-heating-pad-on-a-dog-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-okay-to-put-a-heating-pad-on-a-dog-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it okay to put a heating pad on a dog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-okay-to-put-a-heating-pad-on-a-dog-3\/#Is_it_okay_to_put_a_heating_pad_on_a_dog\" title=\"Is it okay to put a heating pad on a dog?\">Is it okay to put a heating pad on a dog?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-okay-to-put-a-heating-pad-on-a-dog-3\/#What_temperature_should_a_pet_heating_pad_be\" title=\"What temperature should a pet heating pad be?\">What temperature should a pet heating pad be?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-okay-to-put-a-heating-pad-on-a-dog-3\/#How_do_you_make_a_heating_pad_for_dogs\" title=\"How do you make a heating pad for dogs?\">How do you make a heating pad for dogs?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-it-okay-to-put-a-heating-pad-on-a-dog-3\/#Are_heating_pads_good_for_older_dogs\" title=\"Are heating pads good for older dogs?\">Are heating pads good for older dogs?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_okay_to_put_a_heating_pad_on_a_dog\"><\/span>Is it okay to put a heating pad on a dog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Heat therapy is most commonly applied to joints: shoulders, elbows and wrists in the front legs; and hips, knees and ankles in the back legs. <b>It can be used on any part of your dog&#8217;s body where muscle damage, strain or spasm occurs<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_temperature_should_a_pet_heating_pad_be\"><\/span>What temperature should a pet heating pad be?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The heated insert molds to your pet&#8217;s body and is activated by body weight, with temperature never exceeding the recommended <b>102 degrees. When the pet gets off, the pad turns off. Better yet, it has a steel wrapped cord, so you needn&#8217;t worry about kitties chewing or clawing through it.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_make_a_heating_pad_for_dogs\"><\/span>How do you make a heating pad for dogs?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Make your heating pad:<\/b><\/p>\n<li>Fill the sock about halfway with uncooked rice.<\/li>\n<li>Tie the remainder of the sock with a knot. You can also sew the end of the sock closed.  <\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re done  that was so quick, you can make some more!<\/li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_heating_pads_good_for_older_dogs\"><\/span>Are heating pads good for older dogs?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Because not only do heating pads for dogs with arthritis help with just being cozy and warm, it also helps soothe those sore muscles and arthritic joints; <b>great for older Dogs like me.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Is it okay to put a heating pad on a dog?What temperature should a pet heating pad be?How do you make a heating pad for dogs?Are heating pads good for older dogs? Is it okay to put a heating pad on a dog? Heat therapy is most commonly applied to joints: shoulders,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}