It's hot outside check your pets

Hey I know we all do what we can for our pets but remember they totally rely on us for their well being and with 2 straight weeks of record 100 degree plus days here in Waco I thought I would share what I have been doing for my dogs Duke and Daisy (German Sheppard/Siberian Husky Mix).

Went to Tractor Supply and bought a large black feeding bin that I fill with water and its larger enough for them to get in and splash around I check it morning and late afternoon, I also bought a smaller feed bucket that you normally would use to feed grain to horses with and fill it with water. I have found these are durable and dont retain alot of heat. So they basically have 2 sources of water. I also have 2 large floor fans that blow all day on them. I set the sprinkler system for their zone to come on at 2pm and let it run for about 5 minutes to give them another cool down. I take empty 2 Litre bottles and fill them with water, notch out a small hole on top of the cap/lid and insert a stick into the cap enough to where half is in the water and freeze the 2 Litre, once frozen break off the plastic and you know have a 2 Litre frozen pop cycle you can stick into the ground THEY TOTALLY LOVE IT.










I just took these pics and its already 103 outside:future:

For some reason they will not get into the pool which is good their hair would kill the filter




**Just checked on them now both are passed out asleep, sorry guys I worry about them all day.

 

Yeah they are totally outside dogs we have a poodle inside that runs the house he is King and we are his subjects-LOL well in his world thats how it seems.

 

Cute dog Jim