The Dog Days of Summer are Here – Let’s Celebrate with a GIVEAWAY!
It is hot.
No, really, it is really, really hot.
It’s cute when people are crying over their 84-degree heat wave. I get it. I sound callous, they probably don’t even have air conditioning. And, thank the good Lord above that we don’t have to shovel snow, but…it’s hot.
You know who is not hot. My dog, Bruce. She (yes, she) is smart. She swims all day. Particularly, if we are smart enough to give up on our pedantic human to-do lists and join her in the shady, cool pool. If some of her people are in the pool she will not stop swimming. If we are too silly to join her she still swims.
The point being, it is too hot to do anything. The dog days of summer are actually not even called that because we all just want to lay around and not move in the heat. It actually goes much farther back to when we, as a people, navigated by the stars. It is the time of year when the dog star, Sirius, appears to rise just before the sun, in late July.
Bruce does not care about which stars are where. She knows when it is time to relax and does it. It seems so simple but is certainly one of the hardest things to master. The art of doing nothing.
If I get a few minutes, I then try to get just one more thing done! But, it’s too hot and I should probably take a cue from Bruce. Take some deep breaths (or pants, that’s yoga breathing, right?) and dive into relaxation. At least long enough to forget the last item on my to-do list…
Dog Days GIVEAWAY
To celebrate these oppressively hot days we are working with the new movie, Dog Days, to bring you a fun summer GIVEAWAY! One of our awesome dog-loving readers will win a $50 gift card to Target to spoil their furry friend!
Dog Days is a hilarious and heartfelt ensemble comedy that follows the lives of multiple dog owners and their beloved fluffy pals. When these human and canine’s paths start to intertwine, their lives begin changing in ways they never expected. This is a sweet film about the joy our furry friends bring into our lives and what they can teach us about treating people with kindness and compassion. Dog Days releases in theaters on August 8.
My girl, Sheba has a fenced and does like some outdoor time but not on hot summer days. She stays in under the air conditioner and wants cold water. Her favorite place to lay is on the hard wood floors.
A lot of water and inside the house with air conditioning.
My dog beats the heat by laying in a kiddie pool.
My dog likes to stay in the shade or air conditioning.
My daughter’s dog swims in the kiddie pool to beat the heat of summer.
king princess get cold water all time and they like ti sit by the fans
My dog beats the heat by staying indoors. I wish that we had a pool for my dog to swim in.
My dog loves to swim in the lake or stay inside under the air conditioner.
By staying in the shade! 🙂
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My dog beats the heat by staying hydrated and going swimming frequently.
She stays inside with A/C.
They lay under the porch in the mud or in the house in the air conditioning.
Our dog, Nala, likes to lay in front of the air conditioner. Even jump in the bathtib with water.
They lay on the cool tile, or in front of the floor fan to stay cool.
My dog beats the heat by drinking lots of water and staying under a shade tree when outdoors
My kids grandparent’s dogs like to drink a lot of water and spend the hottest points of the day in doors
My dog beats the heat by joining me in the pool for a swim.
My dog beat the heat by swimming in his little dog pool I bought him
Staying in the shade!
My dog just sleeps all day over the a/c vent.
My dog loves to eat crushed ice with me all day!
Our dog beats the heat by drinking lots of water and coming in to the air conditioning most of the day!
My good friend’s dog loves to swim. We take him to the lake together and plat fetch.
my dog like to sit on the top step of our swimming pool to cool off
My dog beats the heat by drinking a lot of water.
I take him to the beach and at night he gets frosty paws a dog ice cream and he also gets ice cubes.
My dog is an avid ice cube lover. I give him ice chips so they are easy on his teeth and keeps him cool.
I have 2 dogs — 1 loves the heat and the other one hates it. My Westie lays outside on the hot brick basking in the sun. My Aussie has his own fan and likes it when I turn the air on. His favorite spot cool stone tile floor in the front entry.
No dogs here but my cats LOVE ice water when it is hot!
Our dog primarily stays indoors, so he beats the heat by rarely going outside in the summer.
By keeping him indoors when it’s hot outside.
swimming
My dogs like to go to the river and go swimming every chance they get.
Don’t have a dog tbh, but my cat lays on the cold tiles
My dogs beat the heat by staying inside with the A/C. They barely go outside for 2 minutes to do their business. This Texas heat is brutal for my 4 legged babies.
by swimming in our pool 🙂
Swimming or drinking water helps beat the heat.
My dog beats the heat by rolling in the mud lol
My dog beats the heat by swimming in a sprinkler.