What Causes Heatstroke in Dogs?
Dogs can suffer from heatstroke easily: temperature conditions that may not even seem all that uncomfortable for you may be life-threatening to your pooch. For example, jogging with an owner on a hot day is definitely dangerous: even going for a walk when it’s very hot can cause heatstroke in a dog. There are times when exposing a dog to direct sun through the window of a moving car – even an air-conditioned one – can be risky. There have been cases of small dogs actually dying in a car being driven by their owners in very hot, sunny conditions. You may be comfortable in the air-conditioning but if the sun is streaming in the window right on your small dog, it may be enough to cause heatstroke. Dogs are susceptible to the effects of heat because their skin works differently than ours. We have many sweat glands and tiny capillaries in our skin, and the sweat we produce when we get overheated evaporates, which cools the blood in those capillaries. Dog skin has neither sweat glands nor bl
