This is for the pet owners who love to walk their dog or even take them to a dog park. I recently purchased a new gadget, an HDE thermometer.

So I went walking and the outside temperature at 11 a.m. was 92; the cement was 132 and the blacktop 148.

At the dog park at noon, the outside temperature was 97; the dirt was 135 and the “grass,” if you call it that, was 110.

Then, at 7 p.m., the outside temperature was 105; the cement 116 and the blacktop 121. At the dog park, the dirt and cement were 116 and the grass 91.

I went over to Fountain Park, where the walkway was 116. According to a veterinarian, any temperatures above 90 degrees are too hot for walking your pets outside.

Think on this: If it’s too hot for you to walk barefooted, it’s definitely too hot for our pets as well.