Panting is a perfectly natural behaviour in dogs and there are multiple reasons why they might do it. For example, to help regulate their body temperature, when they become excited or if they become stressed or anxious. Here we look at the reasons why dogs pant and when you shouldn’t ignore it, with the help of Petplan's veterinary expert Brian Faulkner 🐶👇 | Petplan UK

A moment on Panting 😮‍💨 Why do dogs pant…. Well panting allows a dog to rapidly inhale, humidify, then exhale the air, which increases the evaporation of water from your dog’s nose and lungs. The evaporation of water cools the body from the inside out. But dogs can pant for many different reasons and it’s important to understand the difference’s. 💦Hot pant…tongue all the way out, trying to cool down as fast as possible with fast breathing 💦Warm pant…tongue in but more controlled breathing 💦