Today is July
23 and according to the crazy calendar, it is Hot Enough for Ya
Day. And in a word, YES. OK, OK – I know people around
the world experience REAL heat – like in the triple digits in Fahrenheit- and
that is HOT. But we refrigerator dogs here in Nova Scotia, find it
HOT when it reaches 28 degrees Celsius or 82 Fahrenheit. We
melt. And we pant. And because temperatures like this
don't last all that long here (not months on end), lots of homes don't have air
conditioning. Like ours. That’s not to say we don't have a half
dozen fans going at any given time. To beat the heat, we quite enjoy
chewing on bone shaped ice cubes. Well
the FG and I do. Einstein is not so crazy about them. Because when they melt- they get his feet
wet. And we KNOW how he feels about
getting wet feet.
Despite the
heat, we still want to play fetch – which my human will not allow – because she
doesn't want us to get overheated. And as for our walks – we go EARLY in the
morning -even before sunrise – because it's nice and cool. And then we go just
after sundown. This is just like the
winter – we never get to see the light of day!
Apparently the
temperatures will be in the mid-70’s Fahrenheit this week coming. Which we think is a perfect score. And speaking of perfect scores, my human
happened to watch TV the other night – for the first time in probably 3
months. She was flipping through the
channels and caught that talent show – America’s Got Talent. And what did she
see but a DOG who is competing. His name
is Hero and his human is Sarah. Apparently they didn’t wow ALL the judges in
the first round – but they DID this time – so they are continuing in the
competition. Check him out:
Now there are
some pretty incredibly talented humans in this competition – who sing and do
magic and all kinds of things. And I don’t know how far Hero and Sarah will go
– but one thing for sure – they DO show people the cool things you can do with
your dog – with the right training. They
are a testament to positive training. I
hate to admit this – but I didn’t know that a dog actually WON the title in
Britain’s Got Talent in 2012. His name
was Pudsey – and he was a border collie, bichon frise and
Chinese crested cross. Sadly, just this past week, Pudsey went to
the Rainbow Bridge at age 11. Maybe it’s
time to pass the torch to another canine – this time in the US. Go Hero!
We’ll be watching. And oh – we are
NOT attempting many of HIS tricks. We
would without a doubt, put my human in the hospital. At least the FG would!
Anyway, have a
good one – and stay cool!
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