In this episode, we offer a comprehensive guide on keeping pets safe during hot weather, with a particular focus on preventing, recognizing, and treating heatstroke. We explain how animals struggle to regulate their body temperature, making them susceptible to overheating. We emphasize proactive measures like providing ample water and shade, avoiding hot surfaces, and restricting exercise during peak heat, and we detail warning signs of heat stress and advanced heatstroke symptoms in both dogs and cats, stressing the critical importance of immediate veterinary attention and proper first-aid techniques such as cooling first, then transport. In addition to outdoor risks, we discuss the sometimes unrecognized dangers for pets indoors, and what can be done to ease their anxiety during the summer months.