Daisy's Mom
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We are trying to be diligent about walking Daisy. But now that it is warm here, she does not want to go outside at all. I walked her the other evening when it was about 65 degrees (perfect to me for walking), and she was just dragging and tongue lolling after about 15 minutes. I had forgotten how much she hated to be in the heat last summer. Just now I went out with her with little treats and tried to get her to chase a toy for a treat. No go. It's about 82 degrees here, I would say. I did get her to stay and then run to me a few times, but her heart clearly wasn't in it.
When she's hot, all she wants to do is to lay on the parts of our floor that are tile, or on top of one of the A/C vents (or both -- our tiled laundry room has a vent in the floor and that's where she goes when she's at her absolute hottest.) If she's been outside for 3 minutes pottying, she runs in and flops down immediately on the tile to cool her belly.
I don't know how we are going to keep up the walks this summer when it's 80 degrees at 6 am! Do you all take your dogs out in the heat? Our average evening here in the summer is probably 82 degrees. Last night, Daisy could not sleep and kept me up most of the night. I think it's because it was too hot in the house for her. We have now turned the A/C on, so hopefully tonight will be better. I'm very hot natured, but she has me beat, probably because she's wearing a fur coat! Maybe we'll have to move to Alaska.
When she's hot, all she wants to do is to lay on the parts of our floor that are tile, or on top of one of the A/C vents (or both -- our tiled laundry room has a vent in the floor and that's where she goes when she's at her absolute hottest.) If she's been outside for 3 minutes pottying, she runs in and flops down immediately on the tile to cool her belly.
I don't know how we are going to keep up the walks this summer when it's 80 degrees at 6 am! Do you all take your dogs out in the heat? Our average evening here in the summer is probably 82 degrees. Last night, Daisy could not sleep and kept me up most of the night. I think it's because it was too hot in the house for her. We have now turned the A/C on, so hopefully tonight will be better. I'm very hot natured, but she has me beat, probably because she's wearing a fur coat! Maybe we'll have to move to Alaska.