Most dogs love to be taken out on walks, and it's fun to see well-behaved dogs being walked on leashes. Their heads are up and their tails are up and wagging. Some of the walking, trotting or jogging dogs even seem to be smiling.
But in the dog days of summer, when temperatures soar into the 30s and 40s, walking dogs can be a risky business.
Just how hot are those streets and tiled walkways in towns? At 2 p.m. Tuesday when AccuWeather said in Marbella temperatures were 36 degrees and climbing, I put a little kitchen thermometer flat on the pavement. The mercury quickly climbed to 120F or 48C degrees -- the maximum reading on that thermometer.
Hot roads and pavements can burn paw pads. And because dogs' bodies are much closer to the hot asphalt they can heat up quickly, according to the Web site Petfinder.com.
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