GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Merocrine sweat glands function similarly to human sweat glands. Located in your dog’s paw pads, these glands activate when your pet is hot to cool them down. This is why you might notice damp paw prints on the ground during particularly hot days.

Detailed explanation-2: -It’s a common misconception that dogs don’t sweat. While dogs don’t perspire across their whole body the same way humans do, they still sweat in specific areas. Your pup actually has two different types of sweat glands: merocrine glands and apocrine glands.

Detailed explanation-3: -That’s because cooling your body via sweating relies on a principle of physics called “heat of vaporization.” It takes energy to evaporate sweat off of your skin, and that energy is heat. As your excess body heat is used to convert beads of sweat into vapor, you start to cool down.