in the fields where the dogs are during the day we have a old bathtub in each field filled with water, our dogs love it. All they need is a diving board.LOL .They have lots of shade trees and stay out all day. they play in the AM and PM and sleep the rest of the time in the shade.What a life! We are used to hot weather here in the Kamloops area but it is a dry heat and much easier to deal with. Emilie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Galasso" <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:21 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] How do you spell relief? It is 80 degrees at 9:08 a.m. in New York. It feels like 85 with a humidity of 67 so far. It's supposed to go up to 98 degrees with a heat index of 105! Yikes......worse than yesterday! So how do you help make your dogs a little more comfortable in this extreme heat? My Amber is a complete house dog so she's in the air conditioner all day. (It's good to be the queen)! Her daughters.....the twins (3 1/2 months) are out in the morning. They have a kiddie pool, that they think is for drinking only, so I pick them up and in they go for their morning dip. I just read somewhere yesterday that it's only adviseable to wet their tummies and feet and not their whole body as the water there will evaporate quickly and not get down to their skin quick enough and be like a sauna on their coat. I also give them ice cubes in their water. They love making a mess out of this. I also freeze bottles of water and the big gallon milk jugs and give it to them. I find that they'll lay next to them to keep cool. I will bring them in right before noon and put them in their crates with some large dog biscuits to keep them entertained. Today, however, they'll each get a marrow bone which should keep them busy for awhile. Any other ideas? Best wishes, Barbara -- Barbara J. Galasso CHIEFTAINS GERMAN SHEPHERDS Visit my website at http://chieftainsgermanshepherds.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================