Today was a great day for the pooches!

We had a great day today despite the warmth in San Diego, CA. There are three dogs in our house; two Standard Poodles and an Italian Greyhound.

For the Greyhound the warm weather is easy on her because she has very short hair and minimal body fat. For the two BIG Poodles, the story is much different. One poodle, David, has trimmed fur 1" in length. The other, Edward, has a show cut which is in some areas upward 12" long! Both poodles have extremely dense hair which adds to the body heat. Another factor is that a dog's normal body temperature is approximately 102 degrees. We humans think it is hot in the summer and our body temperature is only a meek 98.6 degrees on average! Poor pooches.

A few things that help with keeping the big dogs cool are ice cubes in their filtered water, instead of their raw diet thawed I prefer to feed it to them frozen, and also I make sure to give them an area in the house which has a fan with air conditioning. In the winter and fall I take the dogs to the park or on walks in the morning and afternoon. This is not practical during the summer and spring months for the poodles. If I am unable to go to the park early enough in the morning I will make a point to go on a walk around the block or to the local lighted dog park at dusk or later. This allows for the weather to be bearable for the boys to play and not get exhausted. Despite going later in the day I still make sure to bring my own water with ice cubes. This keeps the boys cool and hydrated... and not to mention happy pooches!

If you have any tips or information on ways to keep summer fun for the dogs please let me know!

Oh our four legged friend, the puppy dog

So, aren't those pretty puppies so cute? Little bitty eyes, puppy dog eyes as they say. Paws cute as pie. Those little ears that are soft as all heck.

I love dog clothes, do you? We have an IG (Italian Greyhound) in our home and being that she has limited body fat and short hair doggie sweaters even in the spring come in handy. If you have any crochet patterns for dog sweaters to share, or pajama patterns of your own making to post that would be wonderful. If you know of a boutique for jackets to order on the internet those of us loving all things dog will enjoy them thoroughly.

Our dogs will love you for it.

Dogs, dogs, dogs

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I have always struggled to find information and services for those four legged family members in our home. With your help and input we can do it, our dogs are counting on us!

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Our dogs will love you for it.