What are the signs my dog is too hot?
Amya Walter
2025-10-08 08:37:04
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Panting is a dog’s primary way of cooling down, but if your pup is panting more than usual, it could be a sign they’re too hot.
Excessive drooling can indicate an overheated dog.
If your dog is leaving more slobber trails than usual, it’s time to take action.
Changes in gum color or tongue (bright or dark red)
If your furry friend feels noticeably warm, it’s time to get them to a cool place indoors.
Feel your dog’s chest.
Excessive thirst
When dogs overheat, they lose a lot of moisture through panting and sweating through their paws.
Disorientation, stumbling, or weakness
Vomiting
Heat can upset your dog’s stomach, which can lead to vomiting.
Caesar Hudson
2025-10-08 05:58:55
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The three stages of HRI are heat stress, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Clinical Signs of heat stress include less animated behavior, visibly tired or moving at a slower pace, changes in the dog’s focus or readiness, change in attitude, excessive panting, pasty saliva in the mouth, increased thirst, feels overly warm to the touch, tongue excessively protruding out with a flattened end, cheeks pulled back revealing the full arcade of the teeth including the molars, brick red mucous membranes, heat cramps or muscle spasms.
Clinical Signs of heat exhaustion include any of the signs from Stage 1 plus additional signs: weakness or stumbling, mentally aware but too tired to react, excessive panting becomes uncontrollable, significant thirst, sunken, dry eyes, dry mouth, gums and nose, vomit or diarrhea, lack of skin elasticity, muscle tremors.
Excessive panting is a sign that a dog is too hot.
The dog’s normal core body temperature ranges between 99.5°F-102.5°F.
When a dog exercises, his body generates excessive physiological heat which causes his body temperature to rise.
Most of a dog’s internal heat is dissipated through the skin.
Some heat is released by perspiration through his paw pads and nose.
Additional heat dissipates through panting.
Rosalee Cartwright
2025-10-08 03:47:10
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Dogs cannot verbally communicate when they're hot, and they often push themselves to keep up with us.
As responsible pet owners, we need to recognize the physical cues indicating heat distress:
Excessive panting
Bright red tongue, gums, and inside of ears
Slowing down or stopping during walks/runs
Drooling or salivating
Signs of general discomfort
Rapid heart rate
Wide, stressed eyes
Anxiety
Seeking shade or water sources, like puddles
As heat exhaustion progresses to heat stroke, you may observe more severe symptoms, including:
Pale gums
Mental dullness
Loss of consciousness
Vomiting
Diarrhea (which may appear black)
Dark or red urine
Seizures
Uncoordinated movement (stumbling, dizziness)
Collapse
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