A Cool Surprise

Humans are so predictable, we complain in the winter that it's too cold, then summer comes and it's too hot. In the spring we had weeks of rain and complained about it. Now it's dry and we're complaining that we need rain. We're just never satisfied.

Dogs, on the other hand just take whatever weather comes along and make the best of it. Sure, some dogs are afraid of thunder and go a little crazy and in the very hot weather my dogs don't want to spend as much time outside as they do on cooler days, but overall they enjoy going out to play in all sorts of weather conditions.

Since it's been unseasonably warm lately, we decided to surprise them with one of their favorite treats, icy cold watermelon.

This seemed to be a very popular decision, but I had forgotten a very important fact.

Samba believes that she's starving, so seeing a large tub of watermelon was too much for her and she jumped into the tub and stood in the watermelon, gobbling it as fast as she could swallow. I had to lift her out of the tub and put her in the house while the others shared nicely.

We divided the pack into two groups because only four or five heads fit in the tub  together. This group of Morgan, Sky, Fudge, Noah and Tsar did well once Samba was removed.

Tsar, of course, is far too dignified to stick his head in a tub of watermelon with all those other dogs, so he took his share from Rob by hand.

Sky was cleaning up the last few pieces.

Then it was the turn of the next group, Tess, Lola, Bailey, Norma Jean and Noah. Yes, Noah got in on both groups.

Cold watermelon on a hot day is just the best.

Getting all five heads in the tub at once isn't easy, so Rob handed out some extra pieces.

It was good right down to the very last piece.