2 Paws up Pet Sitting| Dog Walking and Dog Training Service

“Don’t sweat the small stuff.” If you’re human, this wise advice is actually hard to follow since our bodies are made to sweat. We get rid of body heat by the process of evaporation. We pretty much have a built-in AC system. However, if you’re canine, you’re really great at not sweating things because, hey, you actually can’t sweat that well at all! While we are equipped with sweat glands all over our bodies, dogs actually only have a few sweat glands in their paws. Their main method for keeping cool is to pant. Dogs use their lungs for evaporative cooling. Body heat is drawn into the air in the lungs and then is expelled when the dog breathes out. This cooling process is helped along by saliva in the mouth, which cools down as air passes over it. This cooling process isn’t as efficient as ours since the evaporative surface area of our skin is so much bigger than the evaporative surface area in our dogs’ lungs. Canines with short snouts, or those who are overweight or ol...

With the beautiful fall weather we’ve been having (okay, except for the smoke from the North Georgia wildfires going on right now), you might feel more apt to get outside with your dog on the weekends. Even though 2 Paws Up’s dog walkers might be walking him or her for you on a regular basis as well, there’s nothing quite like getting out in nature with your dog to bond and get him out of his routine. Getting outside is a perfect way to feel more grounded in your life too, and who couldn’t use more of that? Georgia is full of beautiful places to hike with dogs, even if you don’t consider yourself much of an outdoor person or skilled hiker. You don’t necessarily even have to buy a whole bunch of gear to get started. But there are a few products that might help walking your dog a little easier, especially if you have a strong puller or dog who is easily distracted. Whether you’re interested in hiking or just going to a park or around the neighborhood, here are 3 of our fav...