Hot, Hot, Hot

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Well, it felt like it would never happen, but it did! Summer has finally arrived and temperatures are soaring! Not only are people spending more time outdoors socializing and visiting all the local festivals and carnivals, but ours dogs are too which is great...kinda.
Don't get me wrong, our dogs deserve to get out of the house and into the summer sun just as much as we do, but at what cost? 

One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is seeing dogs out and about during street festivals when their feeties are being exposed to HOT asphalt.  A lot of people don't realize that if the street or sidewalk is too hot for you to walk on without shoes, it's too hot for your dog to walk on too!

At just 77°F, the asphalt reaches temperatures of 125°F which is enough to cause severe injury to the pads on your dogs feet. Here's another fact about just how hot the asphalt gets on a summer day: you can fry an egg in just 5 minutes at 131°F. Would you want to walk on that in your bare-feet?

​If you want to take them to this weekends art festival in the heart of downtown, that's great, but you should take precautions to ensure you're not putting your fur kid in danger. 

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Hot pavement can and will burn your dogs feet.

• Make sure wherever you're going has plenty of grass and shade to keep your fur kid out of the sun and prancing on cool surfaces. 
• Invest in Paw Wax. Paw Wax is designed to protect your dogs feet not only from hot pavement, but also from harmful chemicals like road salt and pesticides. Try Musher's Secret Paw Wax or Eco-Pup Paw Protection  
  
• You can even use medical pads likes Scar Away. Just cut the pad to the size of your dogs pads and be sure you are leery of the type of surfaces your dog will be walking on as these pads can make some surfaces, like linoleum, slippery! 
• Make sure you wash and check your dogs paws frequently to make sure they haven't cut or otherwise injured they feet. Feet injuries can be very painful and can take a lot of TLC to treat and cure. 

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So the next time you want to take your dog out for a trot around town, just make sure the pavement isn't too hot for your feeties before forcing your dog to walk on it with his precious feeties!