Hot pavement can have gruesome and painful consequences for dogs’ paws. Sarah Schweig offers burnt paw information worth sharing with pet owners in social media, blogs and on websites.
Source: the dodo, June 11, 2018. Link.
Put the back of your hand on the pavement, and if you can’t keep it there for five seconds, it’s too hot for your pup’s feet.
Also see: 9 tips on how to cool down a dog, Dogster, July 2, 2018. Link.
Check out a few tips and tricks for keeping your pup cool and comfortable no matter how hot it gets.
Also see: Explain the signs of heat exhaustion to clients, FIRSTLINE, July 2, 2012. Link.
Also see: Heat stroke: diagnosis and treatment, DVM 360, August 1, 2008. Link.
Hyperthermia in dogs can be pyrogenic or nonpyrogenic. Nonpyrogenic hyperthermia can result from exposure to high environmental temperature (non-exertional heat stroke) or from strenuous exercise (exertional heat stroke).