Photo: Doggin’ the shadows
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It’s early spring and even though the weather is still cool, a black dog like Lilah feels the heat of the sun more than the rest of us. She searches out patches of shade on the warmer days, finding relief from the heat in the shadows of the still-leafless tree limbs.
On hotter days, she’ll crawl under the rhododendrons or evergreens. When summer comes, we’ll put out a kiddie pool for her to cool off in, which she’ll have all to herself because the boys don’t like to get their feet wet.
How do your pets deal with the heat or the cold? Do they love sun puddles like my cats? Or are they more seekers of the cool caves like Lilah?
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Torrey can’t do heat at all. Roxy lays in the sun, moves to the shade, back to the sun.
Tucker doesn’t mind heat, unless he’s hot after a good game of Ball. Jasper will eventually get hot and find a shady spot.
Maggie, being a black lab is like Lilah. First she’ll lie in the sun and get nice and hot, and then she’ll climb in behind the bushes into her little cave she’s dug out to cool off.
I hear ya. Lilah has a couple of those under-bush caves in our yard.
oh you have to move into the sun parts. Cool photo!
Thanks. Whether she wants to warm up or cool down, Lilah chooses her spots strategically.
Jimmy agrees 100%. He roasts pretty quickly on a sunny day!
It’s not just fun in the sun; there’s fun in the shade, too, right? 🙂
Looks like a great place to rest from all that playing!
It certainly is. Lilah chooses her spots with care.
I quite like sunpuddles, but if its crazy hot then you’ll find me laying on the tiled kitchen floor
I think most of my furry family members would agree. Except for Lilah. She likes it cool.
Mr. N has a cooling vest. We went down to the park with it last summer and he was literally running circles around these dogs who were lying down panting.
A cooling vest. Never heard of that. Sounds like an awesome idea, though I’m not sure Lilah would like wearing anything, even if it makes her feel better. She’d rather jump in the kiddie pool. 😉
We love the sun! The more sun the better.
My cats feel the same. Give them a sun puddle and they’re very happy kittehs.
Such a pretty picture. Petal likes to wade in water or lie on cold tile or concrete when she’s hot, otherwise she seems to really love the sunshine.
Thanks. I would think Petal would get over-heated easily with all that fur.