It has been an eventful summer here in the Burg and Brix and Ike have been having a heyday trying to keep up with it all! As you may have read in my last post "Why is it so Friggin Hot here" it has been really friggin hot here! 80's almost every day and one day in the low 90's which is really too hot for the Humphreys - and their dogs!
Even though we live lakeside, when it gets this hot the dogs don't really like to go in the lake very much - and when they do they end up getting the barfers! I think the heat lets some bacteria grow that isn't there when it is cooler! So we got a kiddie pool for the dogs - mostly Ike because Brix will swim anyway, he just wades and doesnt drink the lake water. Ike however, does not like to swim and really did not like to get his belly wet even! He would go in just until the water touched his tummy and then bolt out like a rocket!
So we set up the kiddie pool and put it in the shade of the Rowan tree and we tried to get him to play in it. He would drink from it and wander around it and paw at the water, but he would not go in! I had to go in and water the greenhouse and when I came back out......
Kiddie pool down!!! He was using it as his own personal frisbee and flipping it around the yard like a kite instead of a 48" round pool! NOT COOL IKE!!
Then he was mad that it wouldn't hold water!
So we tried again....
Meet the 48" "Dog Proof Pool"! Ordered from Amazon after a cousin showed her son and his dog rough housing on one just like it - she also has a big dog that may or may not have destroyed one of the plastic ones like Ike did!
Fun in the sun is so much better now that he can safely cool off without the lake touching his belly! He will play for a bit in the water then lay down in the sun for a few minutes - back and forth, until....
Ike sleeping after a long day at the pool- yes on my pillows! Arrgh!
His favorite sleeping spot (after my pillows) has been the space right in front of the oven! During the fall and winter when the furnace is on, the floor there is nice and warm from the heat zones that run through that part of the floor. In the summer, anytime I cook the whole area around the oven warms up. Brix has much thicker fur that Ike so he is not about laying in front of the oven. He does sometimes like the warm floor in the winter though. Always sleeping upside down, like a two year old!
They really are handsome boys arent they? I did a Paint Night with Sara a couple of weeks ago and it was a "Paint your Pet" event! Reeds girl Keyona got us going to it and it was super fun! This was my photo that I sent (above) so that they could put it on the canvas for me and help me paint. See below for the finished product! If you get a chance - do the paint night (or day) - learning this new craft was really fun and good for me to get out of my comfort zone for a minute!
Sara did help me do the eyeballs and the whiskers on Brix. I could not get the line on the nose right either - those are tough for a first timer! I did finally get the brown patch on Ike's chest right finally - it full on started out looking like a uterus! Ugh!! I have this sitting on the shelf in my office now and its so nice to be able to see the boys during work too!
Ike does not always want to listen to me, and this is mostly the look he gives me. Since he doesnt really have a middle finger - ya know? Brix was in this picture but he doesn't want to be associated with the middle finger tongue giver so he tries to sneak out of the photos! It's hard to get them both looking at the camera! We are working on manners, and on understanding our own size as well - Ike does not know he is bigger than everyone - including Brix!
I hope your summer is just how you like it and that you have a little funny Naughty for that parts that aren't!
Blessed Be - Stay Cool!
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