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Dog Overheated? Life-Saving Solution: Dunk Their Head in Water!

Dog Overheated? Life-Saving Solution: Dunk Their Head in Water!

Update: 2025-08-04
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#946B: Dr Cynthia Otto [Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center and Professor of Working Dog Sciences & Sports Medicine] knows a thing or two about the dangers of heatstroke for dogs, particularly ones who are active outdoors as military or Search & Rescue working dogs. But for pets, when the ground and air outside are really hot for you, it’s too hot for dogs! No hiking! No jogging! Dogs can collapse (and die) from heatstroke. Dr. Otto did a study on the best way to cool down a dog in a heat emergency: Dunk their head!

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Dog Overheated? Life-Saving Solution: Dunk Their Head in Water!

Dog Overheated? Life-Saving Solution: Dunk Their Head in Water!

Tracie Hotchner