A summer walk can look routine until the sidewalk becomes the problem. In hot weather, pavement and paths can get hot enough to burn a dog’s paw pads, which turns an ordinary outing into a preventable ...

For veterinarians, they’re often one of the first check-in points during a health assessment, since paws touch every surface ...

You clip on the leash, step into a heatwave, and face a basic summer question before the walk even starts: is the ground safe for your dog’s paws. Animal welfare groups and veterinarians say that ...

As temperatures climb, sidewalks and asphalt can get hot enough to burn a dog's paw pads in seconds, even when the air feels ...

At first glance, cat and dog paws seem very different from human hands and feet. I talked about that with my friend Natasha Hottmann. She’s a veterinarian at Washington State University. She told me ...