Rescue Paws

5 Reasons Why Summer Scares a Vet More Than Winter for Stray Dogs.

1. Summer Can Leave Stray Dogs Too Weak to Find Food.

Thermal-style image showing a stray dog walking in one frame and lying down in another

1. Summer Can Leave Stray Dogs Too Weak to Find Food.

Summer can leave stray dogs too weak to find food.

A vet sent us this thermal image with one sentence: “This is why summer scares me more than winter for stray dogs.”

The thermal image shows what happens before the search stops.

And it starts with the surprising way dogs cool themselves.

2. Dogs Cannot Cool Down the Way Humans Do.

Medical visualization of a dog's airway with a magnified internal structure

2. Dogs Cannot Cool Down the Way Humans Do.

Humans cool down by sweating.

Dogs barely sweat. They only sweat through their paw pads.

So they rely on panting.

Panting helps release heat. But it also uses up water with every breath.

And that creates a second problem.

3. Panting Cools Them, But Drains the Water They Need.

3. Panting Cools Them, But Drains the Water They Need.

Panting helps a dog cool down.

But every breath also releases moisture.

The longer he pants, the more water he loses.

Without water, he gets weak fast.

And moving makes everything worse.

4. Every Step Creates Even More Body Heat.

An exhausted stray dog lying in a narrow strip of shade beside a sun-heated road

4. Every Step Creates Even More Body Heat.

Walking creates even more body heat.

A dog with a home can stop, drink and eat.

An abandoned dog cannot. He must keep walking to find food.

But the heat drains his strength.

5. When the Search Stops, Eating Stops Too.

A group of abandoned puppies huddled beside a roadside

5. When the Search Stops, Eating Stops Too.

This summer, half a billion stray dogs will face the heat while searching for food.

The hotter it gets, the harder every step becomes.

If he stops searching, he stops eating.

That’s Why Each Bracelet Helps Us Provide 10 Meals Where Stray Dogs Live.

Rescue Paws bracelets shown alongside street feeding operations for dogs in need

That’s Why Each Bracelet Helps Us Provide 10 Meals Where Stray Dogs Live.

We cannot change how a dog’s body handles the heat.

But each Rescue Paws bracelet helps us provide 10 meals through local partners.

Every month, we send you real photos of the dogs they reach.

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100,000+ People Have Already Chosen to Do Something.

Abandoned dogs eating from Rescue Paws bowls during several street feeding operations

100,000+ People Have Already Chosen to Do Something.

Together, this community has helped us provide more than 5,000,000 meals.

You can wear your bracelet every day, knowing your purchase helps us provide meals through local partners.

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