{"id":23769,"date":"2025-06-29T06:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/23769\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T06:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:03:33","slug":"houston-pet-safety-rising-temperatures-can-pose-serious-health-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/23769\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston pet safety: Rising temperatures can pose serious health risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FFB305D7F335D0D1252755B62603CFAD.jpg\" alt=\"Pet safety in the Houston heat\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-44b63364=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; With summer in full swing, pet owners need to limit the time their furry friends spend outdoors and know the signs of heatstroke.<\/p>\n<p>   Pet safety in the Houston heat <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Pets can overheat quickly, especially when temperatures are 90 and above.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">At just 77 degrees, the pavement can reach 125 degrees.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vlcsnap-2025-06-26-20h47m14s623.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The best way to gauge concrete, do the back of your hand test for eight seconds. If it&#8217;s too hot for you, it&#8217;s too hot for your dogs&#8217; pads.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">You should also limit walks to morning and evening.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Other tips include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Never leave pets in cars or garages<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Even with cracked windows temperatures can soar in minutes<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Know the signs of heatstroke<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Excessive panting drooling weakness and vomiting<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Do immediate cooling and get your pet to the\u00a0vet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> FOX 26 Reporter Randy Wallace spoke with a Houston-area veterinarian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pets and Animals<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; With summer in full swing, pet owners need to limit the time their furry friends spend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,50,8047,358,3187,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-23769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pets-animals","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114765142769162548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}