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A reader built a breed-aware app for hot-pavement dog safety

boingboing.net • 09 Jun 2026, 19:57

A reader built a breed-aware app for hot-pavement dog safety
NorthPaw dog app

After we posted about Pawmometer, the free site that reads live weather to flag pavement hot enough to burn a dog's paws, reader Chris Fiegel wrote in to say he'd built a phone-sized take on the idea. His iOS app, NorthPaw, computes what it calls a "NorthPaw Index" from your dog's specific biology — snout profile, coat type, activity level — and layers it on top of local heat and humidity. — Read the rest

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