JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 As you prepare to bundle up for this weekend\u2019s cold snap, our four-legged friends need to bundle up as well.<\/p>\n
Our First Alert meteorologists say \u201cfeel like\u201d temperatures could drop as low as the single digits starting Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can feel how cold it is, especially if they\u2019re not used to being out in the weather all the time,\u201d said retired Veterinarian Dr. Richard Williams.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Williams has more than 40 years of experience practicing veterinary medicine. He says that despite dogs and cats having fur coats, they still can get frostbite from the cold weather.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cThey\u2019re going to start trembling and shaking initially, and they\u2019re just going to be, obviously, sort of be in distress from it.\u201d<\/p>\n The best thing pet owners can do is limit their pet\u2019s time outside during the cold.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n “Cut your walks a little shorter than what they\u2019re used to, and they\u2019ll usually do fine,” said Dr. Williams. \u201cIf they can\u2019t bring them in, try to provide some extra heat in their dog pens or places like that.\u201d<\/p>\n If your pet displays any signs of frostbite, contact your local veterinarian immediately.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 As you prepare to bundle up for this weekend\u2019s cold snap, our four-legged friends need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18751,982,18687,639,969,13815,116,118,117,634,644,656,646,66776,66777,66778],"class_list":["post-136613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-acps","tag-action_news","tag-dr","tag-duval_county","tag-jack","tag-jack_madison_foglio","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-local","tag-madison","tag-madison_foglio","tag-phil","tag-richard_williams","tag-richards","tag-union_county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}