Valley asphalt can hit 180 degrees in July. A dog’s paws blister in about a minute at 140. Arizona Humane Society puts the burn threshold at 95 degrees outside. Past that, bare skin on pavement is a real injury risk. At 104 outside, sidewalks come in around 149 and asphalt around 162. AHS says the bad ones need medical treatment and sometimes surgery. They picked a border collie off the 202 Red Mountain on a 108 degree day with all four paws blistered. So Phoenix people improvise. Wagons. Strollers. Booties. Backpacks for the little ones. Routes that never leave grass. Walks at 4am and walks at 10pm. We want to see it. Send us how you’re getting your dog through this summer and we’ll run the best ones on the page. Two things before you head out. Do the five second test, back of your hand flat on the ground, and if you can’t keep it there neither can they. And know that Phoenix closes every city trail to dogs at 100 degrees and above, enforceable under city code as a Class One Misde...