Does a double coat keep dogs cool?
Mireille Koss
2025-08-04 11:36:57
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A dog’s cooling systems works very differently from the way human bodies work. Removing a dog’s “coat” can make them hotter, shed worse, have skin problems, expose them to too much sun, and more. Shaving these breeds short makes them hotter, their hair insulates them from the heat. Dogs cool off a few different ways, of course, there is panting. A major way dogs cooldown is that their blood flow is increased and blood carries excess heat to the skin where it circulates. There are muscles in the dog’s skin that help raise guard hairs and allow for the heat to dissipate off the dog’s skin. When that hair is removed it changes the way air flows over the dog’s skin. This is how shaving a double-coated dog can make a dog hotter. What can contribute to a dog becoming too hot is not brushing out dead and or shedding coat and allowing it to become stuck in the other hair, this blocks airflow to the dog’s skin.
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