Warning... Walking your dog on hot pavements.. ! (1 Viewer)

[Tootles]

Yes I agree, but the dog wasn't walked on grass, and if it was left in a hot car then it the owner would be done for animal cruelty..so whats the difference if its walked on a pavement in red hot weather!!!! that's animal cruelty...look at the poor dogs pads, I can't justify that as been a careful owner with common sense.
Silvia

And neither can I! However, you said......

If someone hasn't got the common sense to refrain from walking their dogs in really hot weather then they should'nt have a dog in the first place simples.

Which implies ALL owners who exercise their dogs in really hot weather, not just the muppet in question. Surely, part of being a responsible owner is putting yourself in the dogs place, checking it's condition as you proceed on your walk, sitting under the shade of a tree, or a bridge, with your dog, to give it a rest, and as I said, letting it have a paddle, or a swim.
This was taken of our JR last week, on a really hot day. You can soon tell if your dog is OK, provided you tune into it's feelings.

 

[rangi]

In Aus we bought special little bootees for our Shepard to wear
during hot days, the added bonus was it also protected her feet from "bindis" which were a kind of a hooked shaped thorn found in some lawns

 

[****]

They do have dogs in hot country's. Walking on the pavement helps keep the claws down. Could this not just be a case of a UK dog having thinner/more sensitive feet do to living in a colder climate and to much soft grass walking? Could very easily been a simple mistake.

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[Cat53]

??????? As long as the dog is hydrated, not left banged up in a car, the owner carries a water bottle, walks the dog on grass, and (preferably) takes the dog for a swim in tepid waters, I dont see a problem.
If more owners thought of what they themselves would require in such conditions, (abet they aren't wearing a fur coat), then tailored those needs to their pet, fair does. I mean, how do wild dogs in hot countries survive? Most dogs will moult their winter coats long before summer anyway.

Wild dogs in hot countries lie in the shade or hide in dens. They are also used to the heat. Don't run on asphalt. Stop when they get hot and hunt when it's cooler.

 

[poki]

Wild dogs in hot countries lie in the shade or hide in dens. They are also used to the heat. Don't run on asphalt. Stop when they get hot and hunt when it's cooler.

exactly

 

[poki]

And neither can I! However, you said......

Which implies ALL owners who exercise their dogs in really hot weather, not just the muppet in question. Surely, part of being a responsible owner is putting yourself in the dogs place, checking it's condition as you proceed on your walk, sitting under the shade of a tree, or a bridge, with your dog, to give it a rest, and as I said, letting it have a paddle, or a swim.
This was taken of our JR last week, on a really hot day. You can soon tell if your dog is OK, provided you tune into it's feelings.

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YES a responsible owner would check the condition of the dog if they had no choice other than walk a dog in really hot weather, but quite clearly that person didn't otherwise the dog would not of had pads in that condition, I rest my case.

Silvia

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[****]

I rest my case.

Silvia

Thats it then. Lets get the pitchforks out and hang the idiot.