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In this episode of Will Bangura’s Dog Training Today, dog behaviorist Will Bangura explains how to keep dogs safe, comfortable, and emotionally supported during hot summer weather.

Summer heat can create serious risks for dogs, including burned paw pads, heat stress, heat stroke, increased irritability, lower frustration tolerance, anxiety, and behavior challenges. Hot weather can also make existing issues like aggression, reactivity, resource guarding, and noise sensitivity harder to manage.

Topics covered include:

• How to protect dogs during extreme summer heat
• Why hot pavement can burn paw pads quickly
• How to use the back-of-the-hand pavement test
• Boots versus socks for paw protection
• How to gradually acclimate dogs to wearing paw protection
• Early signs of heat stress and heat stroke in dogs
• Excessive panting, lethargy, weakness, drooling, vomiting, and collapse
• Emergency cooling steps and when to seek veterinary care
• Why dogs should not be exercised during peak heat
• How summer stress can affect behavior, aggression, and anxiety
• Managing resource guarding and household tension safely
• Supporting dogs during fireworks, storms, and Fourth of July celebrations

Will also explains why physical safety and behavioral wellness are connected. A dog who is overheated, uncomfortable, frightened, or stressed may have less ability to cope with triggers, frustration, handling, visitors, other dogs, or loud noises.

This episode is especially helpful for pet parents living in hot climates, pet parents in Phoenix and Arizona, families preparing for summer, and anyone living with dogs who struggle with anxiety, aggression, reactivity, resource guarding, or noise sensitivity.

Will Bangura, M.S., CAB-ICB, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, FDM, FFCP, is a certified dog behaviorist and founder of Phoenix Dog Training, specializing in dog aggression, leash reactivity, separation anxiety, fears, phobias, resource guarding, dogs fighting in the home, and complex canine behavior problems.

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• Dog Anxiety and Fear Training: https://phoenixdogtraining.com/dog-anxiety-training-phoenix-scottsdale/
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