I see it every summer. Stupid people who take their dogs out for walks in a heat wave in the middle of the day. Do you realize how hot that pavement gets on a blistering day? Your dog cannot tell you their paw pads are burning and that they’re suffering. Dogs are at the mercy of the intelligence—or lack of it—of their masters.
Please put protective pawwear on your dog’s paws before you make them walk for miles in the hot sun with no protection, or leave them at home where they should be. And please bring water for them, too. Today I saw a poor dog being walked with no sign of a water bottle anywhere on the person who was walking the poor animal. Hope they were close to home.
—Pant, Pant!!
This article appears in Aug 8-14, 2019.