My lazy hot dog

[Adina P]

This is Rosco.
He's wearing a wet towel.
He and I had just come back from a 3 mile walk held locally to support a member of our church who is fighting cancer.
The walk was supposed to be a 5K but it got reduced to a 3K due to the heat. Thank goodness, as Rosco looked horribly pathetic and hot the whole way I think we would have been in trouble.
When we finished I took him to the side of the gym where there was a hose and let him drink and I wet down his belly--silly dog didn't think it was a good idea for me to put water ON him.
When I joined the others he decided to flop down on the concrete, exhausted. So I took him to lie on the grass in the shade before heading home (another 3/4 of a mile). I figured he'd collapse on me if I didn't let him chill out for a bit.
He's now home, cooled off, relaxing and happy.

I think either of my other two dogs would have been FINE during and after the walk...but Rosco is not only low energy but a hot hot hot blooded furry thing!

[Deena Womack]

He looks like he is cooling down pretty quickly, great idea about the wet towel. I would never get Cali to walk 3K, I am lucky to get her to walk a mile and you would think she was being tortured as we get close to the end. I always know when we are close to the end, about 3/4 of a mile, she becomes very stubborn and becomes more of a struggle then a walk the last 1/4 mile.

[Adina P]

Awe thanks Abby's mom... But it really wasn't that bad for me... and I wasn't walking very fast.

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

Aww poor hot dog. And you young lady have to be careful in extreme heat too! Can be very bad for you.

[Linda,Yankee & Finn]

What's next for Rosco, a massage maybe?

[Michele, Biscuit & Mo]

Awwww... poor pup. He looks nice and cool now, though! Penny is the same way. She's so laid back that sometimes I think she's totally bored. But then she'll play for about 5 minutes and she's done. That's it... no more! :-)

[Wendy and Eddie]

OT, but seeing your profile pic got me thinking--I think you should update your picture each trimester, and see if you can still fit into your crate when nine months rolls around I mean, the crate! :-)