How we have fun and stay cool in summer

With temperatures nearing triple digits it was time to bring out the kiddie pool so the dogs could have some cool fun. Today's pool time was a bit different, though. I decided to add ice cubes and baby carrots to the water. The ice cubes would serve two purposes with the spotty duo: First, keep the water cool (though not for long). Second, it gives them something to hunt for and destroy. The carrots would distract Fig, my female Australian Cattle Dog mix, while I grabbed more ice cubes. (Dexter, my male Australian Cattle Dog mix, will take carrots hand-delivered to his mouth or not at all, thanks very much!)

Pool fun was periodically interrupted by spontaneous bursts of run-and-tackle games.


Fig can fly!

And then they would be back in the pool again.