Tx, you are so funny!!!!
WE, too, have blistering hot summers...is weird, extreme climates here, all 4 of 'em, extreme. Our summers aren't as hot as yours, but we hit 100 regularly in a normal summer, 90s is very common. And the smothering HUMIDITYYYYYYYYYYYY...EEEEEEEEEE..Halp me! Halp me!
NO one ever invites Buddy to play with their dog! :dognowink:He is kinda dog-aggressive with some dogs...Well, Buddy DOES have one friend, maybe two dogs on our street that he will play nicely with....
So taking him to "Basic Manners" has only helped a teeny bit...NOw he is signed him up for new class, "Reactive Dogs" class...yikes! I can hardly keep Buddy distracted/calm around NONreactive dogs...this oughta be interesting..HOpe this doesn't make him worse..
Wow, this thread is going all everywhere. WHERE IS SNOOKS!! Cmon, Snooks, you can type with one hand!! You might make really interesting suggestions while you are on pain meds, too!:msngiggle:
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Ey, i got one of those Cool Collars for dogs (or people). I can fill it with the gel filled insert-thingies that freeze up nicely, for indoors, or, with crushed ice which melts and trickles down his chest, for when he is outdoors...The water seems to run down his outer fur more than onto his chest...he shakes it off now and then.
Still, it Seems to keep Buddy cooler. He doesn't seem to mind wearing it, either.
At first, i just put it on him empty, praised him, and took it off. Kept doing that. Then later put the cold stuff in it. He was okay about it. His neck fur is so thick, i don't know if he gets full advantage of it..but it seems to help some.