Readers have been responding to warnings about dogs' health and wellbeing in the heatwave.

Emergency vets have issued a plea to dog owners to avoid exercising their pets during the heatwave.

According to vets, pet owners shouldn't take their dogs out on a walk during the hottest part of the day (typically between 12pm and 4pm), with the average survival rate of a dog diagnosed with heat stroke is only 50 per cent, and can be fatal in as little as 15 minutes.

The warning comes after reports that a French bulldog died last week from heat stroke and brain damage following a short walk in hot weather near Livingston in Scotland.

Vets Now clinics up and down the country have seen a big increase in heat stroke admissions in the last week as temperatures have soared across the UK.

The emergency vets have treated an average of 20 heat stroke cases a week since the start of June, but on Saturday and Sunday alone they treated 15 cases.

Here is what you had to say.

Craig Lanchberry believes: "If you don't know this, then you shouldn’t have a dog in the first place."

Shirley Wood offered a challenge: "These dog walkers should walk on the pavement with their bare feet then will see how hot it is .

"[It is] so stupid as so many dogs are out on walks in the city."

Sarah Nugent informed: "Paw pads burn so easily causing infection and are so sore.

"It only takes five to 10 minutes for a dog to die from heatstroke.

"It ain't rocket science.

"Keep them at home in the shade."