Seasonal Tips for Summer
- Dogs prefer shade
- Wild Dogs snooze through the hottest part of the day
- Wolves hunt early morning or late evening
- Dogs walking on hot pavements is like us walking hot coals
- Dogs die in hot cars
- Dogs die of heat exhaustion in cars – the RSPC were called out to over 6000 dogs in distress 2011
- Dogs do not handle heat the same way we do
- Dogs pant to cool down
- Dogs only have sweat glands in their paws
- Dogs body temperature is 100.5-102f if this rises to 105-107f the dog is at serious risk of developing heat exhaustion and death will follow quickly
- Studies have shown that temperature inside a car can heat up to lethal temperatures within 30 minutes even if the weather is relatively cool
- Dogs rely on panting to cool down
