Rolling Dog Farm Blog

I took these photos of Bailey at mid-day today in his favorite shady spot.  The thermometer on the back porch in the shade said it was 102; our LaCrosse Technology wireless weather station was reading 106 in the sun.  No matter how you slice it, it was blazing hot out there.  Yet Bailey can’t get enough of it!  He would rather be sitting under the leafy cottonwood right outside our house than inside the air conditioned house.

And he is a bit nutty about this.  He will finally come in, only to turn around 5 minutes later and scurry outside again as soon as I open the door to let another dog out to go pee.  On days like this, I actually have to use my feet to block Bailey at the doorway to keep him inside when I think he’s been out too much.  His shady spot is right by the front steps, so we keep a careful eye on him whenever he’s out there.  After a while we’ll go and scoop him up and bring him into the house, whether he wants to come or not (and he doesn’t, which is why we do it!).

He doesn’t like to be in direct sun on hot days, but he clearly loves the heat, and as long as he’s got some shade, that’s where he wants to be!

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