The warm temperatures are making us humans sweat, but how are everyone’s pets getting along under the sun?

We spoke to dog owners who gave us their methods of cooling hot dogs down.

Brian and Theresa Price, aged 57 and 51, from Ramsey were out walking their two pets in Strand Street when we spotted them.

’Elsa is a lhasa apso, which is a breed with a short snout so she can sometimes have breathing problems and can also be prone to heat stroke,’ Theresa said. ’She has to be brushed regularly to make sure she’s keep cool right through.

’Harrish the dalmatian is only 15 weeks old so we have to be careful of his thin skin in case he gets sun stroke. They normally get up around 6am but now they’re getting up for a walk at 5am. We then keep them in during the day.’

Brian added: ’We walk them in the shade and have cool mats for them, which has a cooling gel inside that they sit or stand on.’

Rebecca Stokes, 18, from Onchan has a 10-year-old bichon frise at home called Annie.

’She’s moulting a lot, more than usual. It’s all over the carpets and an absolute joy to tidy up,’ she laughed.

’I make sure I constantly fill her bowl up with water and give her a walk in the evenings in the shade, not when the sun is at its highest.’

Douglas resident Claire Reynoldson shared how she cools down her six-and-a-half-year-old weimaraner called Dude.

’I work for a company called Zoomadog in Castletown so we have boots for when it’s too hot for them on the pavement,’ she said.

’Apparently if you touch the pavement with the back of your hand for five seconds and it’s fine then your dog can walk on it, if not then it’s too hot for them. They can get blisters on the pads of their feet, which is not obviously visible.

’Dude’s a big dog and needs to be exercised otherwise he gets a bit stir crazy, so I walk him at night to avoid the heat. I also have a collapsible bowl which doesn’t take up a lot of space.’

She added: ’There are lots of places that are dog-friendly in the island, such as Cycle 360 which leaves out water for dogs.’

Mark Smith, aged 52 from Douglas, was out walking his dog Bandit, a bedlington terrier, whippet and lurcher cross, when we spoke to him.

’Bandit’s doing alright. He’s coming up to three years of age and this is the hottest he’s had it. I’m upset that I cannot take him on part of Douglas beach along the Loch Promenade. It’s a small stretch of beach and nobody is on it. I got chucked off the other week as I took him up on Douglas Head. He was a bit hot and bothered so I stuck him on the beach. A guy came over and said: "Sorry mate, you have to take him off the beach".’

Ann and Peter Marven, 69 and 70, from Saddlestone walk their black labrador Ellie, who is seven, early in the morning and later on in the day.

’It’s just being sensible. We keep her water bowl topped up the whole time,’ Ann said. ’She’s not allowed to run about so we’ll ask our grandkids not to encourage her to run. Very rarely does she go on car journeys.’

Peter added: ’Only short ones to plantations every now and then, but she’s never left in the car anyway.’