[selzer]

Wow.

My dogs stay outside all day. They have water buckets in their kennels, shelters, dog houses, cots, and sun screens over the top. Some of them have a 4x4 area in the house, but for the most part all are outside all day.

I just got the babies a pool. I think they are still bathing their feet in the water bucket though. One of the puppies is a little fish or toad, loves to go in and out of the water. The other is a little less enthusiastic about it.

I do the work in the early morning. The water comes from a deep well and is cold. i guess I really do not want to give them seriously cold water in the heat of the day. Kind of like working a horse up to a lather and then giving them cold water.

No basement, no AC, when it is very hot at night, I let them sleep in their kennels outside because they would heat up the room and be stuck in crates. I think less comfortable than being in their kennels outside.

We do all training and work after the sun goes down or in the early morning. By noon, everyone is having their nap and you can hear a pin drop. Some sleep on top of their dog houses, some inside, some atop of the shelter, some on their cots. I saw Ninja in her shelter under her cot sleeping the other day -- what's up with that???

i usually only bring a few inside at a time. They will lie on my bed, their bed, the recliner in my study that they think is theirs, but soon they want to go outside where it is more comfortable. I have gone so far as to take my cot out there.....