WARNING!!!!!!. As I drive around this summer I notice something that disturbs me immensely. Dog owners walking their dogs in 25*+ heat on asphalt sidewalks and roads. Did you know your dog not only pants to keep cool, but secretes sweat thru hot paws? I can only assume these owners are not aware of the pain and damage they are causing these poor dogs. The pads on your dogs paws are NOT made of some miraculous heat defying material. The footpad is made up of very thick epidermis. Epidermis is the outermost layer of skin, the layer that is exposed to the outside environment. Underneath the surface layer of skin is a deeper layer called the dermis. It is in the dermis that the glands that produce sweat are found. Sweat is made in the gland and then travels in a duct through the dermis and epidermis to emerge onto the skin’s surface. The footpad is just thicker skin that still has the same functioning sweat glands that thinner skin has. YOU CAN EASILY BURN YOUR DOGS PAWS. Please SHARE this information with your friends, and fellow dog owners. This is an easily avoidable injury to our beloved dogs.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:24:57 +0000
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