Fans and players weren’t the only ones coping with extreme heat this week at the Club World Cup. Sniffer dogs — a common ...

If us humans can’t put our human backside or our hand on the concrete for longer than seven seconds without pulling it off, then we require dog booties to go on,” said Cody Schwartz, manager ...

(AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Besides wearing booties, the dogs are kept hydrated and limited to 20-minute patrols at a time in the heat. They also enjoy cooling baths in kiddie pools filled with ice.

A security dog wears protective shoes due to the heat radiating off the asphalt as it patrols the stadium ahead of the Club World Cup Group D soccer match between Esperance Tunisie and Chelsea in ...

In Portland, Maine, and other cities across the United States, police K-9 units have used booties to protect dogs’ paws from the ice, sand and salt that accompany winter weather.

“Every dog team is different and there are different requirements; their precursors are different. However, we go by the seven-second rule. If us humans can’t put our human backside or our hand on the ...

In Portland, Maine, and other cities across the United States, police K-9 units have used booties to protect dogs’ paws from the ice, sand and salt that accompany winter weather.