7 Tips for Helping Your Puppies Survive in This Summer Heat

As summer temperatures soar, here are some lifesaving tips on caring for puppies in the scorching heat:

1. Keep puppy companions indoors. Unlike humans, puppies can sweat only through their footpads, and they cool themselves by panting. High temperatures can cause heat stress and physical injuries – including brain damage – and can even result in death.
2. Use puppy pads to cool down.It’s important to choose a puppy pads  for the summer.It can keep the constant temperature for a long time.and the puppy will always have a cool and comfortable feeling on it.
3. Provide puppies with water when they’re outdoors. Place mud pots that are filled with cool, clean water outside your home or at places where there are homeless or working animals. Inexpensive mud pots will help keep the water cool and won’t tip over.
4. Keep coats long.While it may seem logical to cut your pet’s coat short, resist the urge. “If hair—even long hair—is brushed and not matted, it provides better circulation and helps regulate body temperature,” says Rene Carlson, DVM, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
5. Don’t walk your puppy during the day’s highest heat and humidity, which is usually between 1 and 4 PM. This is especially important for puppies with short snouts, such as bulldogs, who can’t pant as efficiently in humid weather due to their narrowed nostrils and windpipes.
6. Avoid leaving puppies in parked cars. Never leave a puppy inside a parked car in warm weather, even for short periods of time with the windows slightly open. Even on a relatively mild 28-degree day, the temperature inside a car can climb rapidly, reaching a dangerous 32 degrees in the shade and a deadly 71 degrees in the sun. Puppiess trapped inside a hot car can succumb to heatstroke within minutes – even if the car isn’t parked in direct sunlight.
7. Stay alert and save a life. Keep an eye on all the animals you see outdoors. Make sure that they have adequate water and shelter. If you find your puppy  in distress, contact doctor right away and Do not leave the puppy’s side before help arrives.