{"id":798231,"date":"2019-08-04T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=369482"},"modified":"2019-08-04T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T18:00:24","slug":"dogs-have-a-hard-time-at-altitude-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/dogs-have-a-hard-time-at-altitude-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs have a hard time at altitude, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/14erDog-SDN-062719-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/14erDog-SDN-062719-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/14erDog-SDN-062719-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/14erDog-SDN-062719-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Sawyer sits on the summit of Crestone Needle with Crestone Peak behind him.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Joshua Aho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>FRISCO \u2014 Constant panting, lethargy, anorexia are a few signs your pet might be struggling to acclimate to Summit County\u2019s high altitude, according to Dr. Danielle Jehn, of Frisco Animal Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a dog presents in any type of respiratory distress, we place them on supplemental oxygen, check their heart and lung sounds, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and ability to oxygenate,\u201d Jehn said in a Friday blog post.<\/p>\n<p>She also said common canine ailments \u2014 such as heart murmur, asthma, anemia and more \u2014 are exacerbated at altitude, much like in humans.<\/p>\n<p>The animal hospital also sees laceration and abrasion injuries from hikes that are too long, such as 14ers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also love to be able to tell all tourists to take it easy on their canine counterparts while visiting us in Summit County, as well,\u201d she said in the blog post. \u201cAltitude sickness is real for humans and dogs, alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more about animals at altitude at <a href=\"https:\/\/highaltitudehealth.com\/2019\/08\/02\/dogs-at-altitude\/\">HighAltitudeHealth.com\/2019\/08\/02\/dogs-at-altitude<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/dogs-have-a-hard-time-at-altitude-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sawyer sits on the summit of Crestone Needle with Crestone Peak behind him.Courtesy Joshua Aho FRISCO \u2014 Constant panting, lethargy, anorexia are a few signs your pet might be struggling to acclimate to Summit County\u2019s high altitude, according to Dr. Danielle Jehn, of Frisco Animal Hospital. \u201cIf a dog presents in any type of respiratory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 19:18:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}