The above picture is one of my favorite pictures of Abby because her tushy is on the floor. The things we find funny and adorable about our dogs is probably a mystery to those that don’t have dogs. Oh well!
Because the temperature lately has surpassed 80 degrees, I would recommend and encourage pet parents to walk their dogs only early in the morning and, brace yourself for impact, forgo your afternoon walk in order to keep you and your dogs safe.
When a dog is too hot, these are some of the things you will notice:
- Excessive panting and salivating – your dog is trying to cool off since they don’t sweat.
- Disorientation – your dog is all over the place like when she was a puppy.
- Lack of urine – she is not peeing.
- Dry and sticky gums – check it out if your dog is used to being touched this way by you. If not, look at the other signs and in the future work with a dog trainer that will teach you how to examine your dog’s gums.
I believe that the best thing to do is to work on prevention, therefore, again, I suggest to cancel that afternoon walk and keep yourself and your dog safe, and make your morning walk early and longer like I do. And with that being said, could you believe we’re going to hit 93 degrees here in Annapolis, MD? Stay safe and hydrate!
AllMyCanineCompanions 
We walk our Rollo early in the morning or in the evening and we bring water for drinking and for putting on his belly and paws and nose. We don’t put the water on his fur. That can be counter productive. We also check for heat on asphalt and other pavement. It is going well. We did the same with our other dogs during the summer.
Keep up the good work.