2006-11-05 05:21:33 · 16 answers · asked by ballin_96 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
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Dogs sweat. That's why you see footprints on the floor when they walk someplace. I can't say that ALL dogs sweat out of the paws, there may be 10 dogs with a genetic anamoly that doesn't allow them to, but it's normal for most dogs to.
However, this mode of perspiration is not very effective, so they also pant. The evaporation of the water off their tongues and through their nasal cavities helps to cool the body. Their tongues do not sweat - there are not sweat glands on the tongue. But, they do help with evaporative cooling of the dog.
2006-11-05 05:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I always thought that instead of sweating dogs pant, but everyone else says they do so yah I guess so
2006-11-05 05:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dogs DO sweat from their feet and they also pant to cool down. The water from their tongue evaporates to cool them down (just like sweat evaporating from your skin cools you down).
2006-11-05 05:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Lauren M 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They don't sweat through their paws, but they do secrete an oily substance which they use to mark their territory (in addition to urine). You see them scratching at the ground with all fours - that's what they are doing.
-MM
2006-11-05 05:32:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It has NOT been proven. Please see link for more details.
no nerve fibres reactive for cholinesterase have so far been definitely demonstrated around the eccrine sweat glands in the paw of the dog. .......
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v202/n4937/abs/2021124b0.html
2006-11-05 05:30:57 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew B. 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think they can sweat at all, that's why they open their mouths and stick out their tongue and breathe hard. It's the only way to cool their bodies down.
2006-11-05 05:24:16 · answer #6 · answered by i have no idea 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
yes it is because dogs dont have sweat glands in thier underarms it smells trust me!
2006-11-05 05:26:57 · answer #7 · answered by Rhiannon. Stay[[+]] 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, dogs cannot sweat. Period. Instead, they pant.
2006-11-05 05:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by Steph L 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
dogs don't sweat period (sweating through the mouth just is anatomically INcorrect too). they release their body heat when they pant.
2006-11-05 05:29:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
dog sweat out of their tongues
2006-11-05 05:24:19 · answer #10 · answered by jamie f 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋