{"id":19547,"date":"2022-03-25T11:05:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-long-should-my-dog-lay-in-the-sun\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:05:44","slug":"how-long-should-my-dog-lay-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-long-should-my-dog-lay-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"How long should my dog lay in the sun?"},"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\/how-long-should-my-dog-lay-in-the-sun\/#How_long_should_my_dog_lay_in_the_sun\" title=\"How long should my dog lay in the sun?\">How long should my dog lay in the sun?<\/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\/how-long-should-my-dog-lay-in-the-sun\/#Is_sunlight_good_for_dogs_skin\" title=\"Is sunlight good for dogs skin?\">Is sunlight good for dogs skin?<\/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\/how-long-should-my-dog-lay-in-the-sun\/#Is_laying_in_the_sun_good_for_dogs\" title=\"Is laying in the sun good for dogs?\">Is laying in the sun good 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\/how-long-should-my-dog-lay-in-the-sun\/#Should_I_let_my_dog_out_in_the_sun\" title=\"Should I let my dog out in the sun?\">Should I let my dog out in the sun?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_should_my_dog_lay_in_the_sun\"><\/span>How long should my dog lay in the sun?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In general, veterinarians recommend that your pets get a minimum of <b>20 to 40 minutes of direct outdoor sunlight daily. Light filtered through glass windows may feel good to your dog or cat, but it lacks ultraviolet rays and as such won&#8217;t impart the same health benefits.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_sunlight_good_for_dogs_skin\"><\/span>Is sunlight good for dogs skin?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dogs (and all mammals) have evolved living outside, exposed to the sun all day. Not only do they need sunlight, they need exposure to the changing nature of raw sunlight throughout the whole day to be healthy. <b>Sunlight landing on your dog&#8217;s skin and in her eyes triggers all sorts of important metabolic pathways.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_laying_in_the_sun_good_for_dogs\"><\/span>Is laying in the sun good for dogs?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dogs do enjoy sunshine and gravitate to that sunny spot. Sunshine is beneficial <b>It is good to encourage some time in the sun to let that vitamin D get absorbed into the body. Increased amounts of calcium, created by the vitamin D, will help keep bones healthy and prevent osteoporosis.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Should_I_let_my_dog_out_in_the_sun\"><\/span>Should I let my dog out in the sun?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even though it may seem nice to let them relax in the fresh air, <b>don&#8217;t leave your pet outside for long periods of time in hot weather, especially in the direct sun, Dr. Venator says. If he or she must be outside, make sure there is plenty of access to shade, preferably from trees, and lots of fresh, cool water.<\/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 How long should my dog lay in the sun?Is sunlight good for dogs skin?Is laying in the sun good for dogs?Should I let my dog out in the sun? How long should my dog lay in the sun? In general, veterinarians recommend that your pets get a minimum of 20 to 40&#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":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19547"}],"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=19547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}