Dogs and possibly hot pavement. [View all]

Last edited Wed Jun 4, 2025, 04:09 PM - Edit history (1)

I don't know why I didn't think of this before. I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it, but I never saw it mentioned anywhere else.

I was getting ready to go into a store with my dog, across an expanse of pavement, and the temperature was 91. I didn't really want to carry him the whole way if it wasn't necessary, and suddenly the idea to take off my shoes popped into my head. That is very easy thing to do in my case, because I almost always wear ballet flats without socks, which are both easy to get off and on and easy to carry. So I took them off and walked across the pavement barefoot, finding out in the process that it wasn't actually necessary to carry him. Since he doesn't much like being carried, that was a win-win.

EDIT

I may have been unclear.

I did not walk a little ways on the pavement, analogous to the way you would put your hand on the pavement. I walked from the car to the store, put on my shoes, came out and took them off again, and walked from the store to the car. In other words, I was walking barefoot where my dog was walking 100% of the time.