How to stay cool in a caravan

In the absence of any trees/natural shade, you could try something like one of these - not cheap but very effective even in the hottest of weather. Assuming she'd cope with something new at 14.

http://prestigepets.co.uk/cool-coat/

Good luck, hope you find something to suit.  🐕

I have no experience myself but I do know people that use cooling gel mats with their dogs at home, I think Argos sell them and pet shops sell them.  

I think you put the get mats in a fridge then use them. Of course I'm not sure if they would fit inside your caravan fridge but might work?

I'm sure someone will be along who has used them or have better ideas.

 Molly the Mutt doesn't do heat any more either (she's 13) & wore something similar last year .... just kept it wet & it worked quite well. There's a mat available that does the same thing. Molly's came from Lidl/Aldi.

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You could try ice packs under matting/bedding if nothing else is available. Dogs like to dig themselves into shaded earth don't they, anything similar will help  eg shaded tent structures that don't absorb heat. Good luck the prospect of extreme heat is a difficult one. 

No need to put them in the fridge Corners - they miraculously stay cool on their own.  We have been using them for years for Meg and she loves it. We get ours from B&M Bargains - usually less than a tenner for a large one and much cheaper than going to a pet shop and they really do work.

As to how they work - I can only guess that on the 'evaporation causes cooling' principle that the gel must very slowly evaporate over time, keeping it cool.  The reason I say this is that after about a year or so, they tend to go flat as if some of the gel has been lost and since it isn't leaking in the normal sense, evaporation seems to be the only explanation. On the other hand, I wouldn't have thought that would have been enough to keep them cool but it does work somehow

As soon as we put it down - she makes a bee-line for it - so it must be having an effect.

+1, my old retriever panted badly so we took a baby bath for her to lay in on super hot days, in the shade in the bath with a new supply of cold water regularly-it works. . .Being a water Dog by birth helped.

We tried that as well, Rocky - with a kid's paddling pool.  In fact it still sitting in the garage in its box. Meg ought to like water, being part Poodle and part Spaniel - both water dogs - but she wouldn't go anywhere near it.  She even walks around puddles on the footpath. Whimp!!

The only water she likes is if it's warm and soapy in the shower

Cool Mat in action today!

That's a fantastic pic!