Re: [PyrNet-L] RE: hot weather

[wetheri@emmanuel.edu (Ann K. Wetherilt)]

pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org writes:
>One good way to provide relief is to get them a sandbox.  Either buy a
>cheap
>kiddie pool and put sand in it (add holes in the bottom) or build a
>sandbox.
>Lightly sprinkling the sand with water in the morning means that the
>puppies
>will have a cool place to dig and lay all day long.  This has the added
>advantage of reducing the tunneling activity in your yard.  Ours love to
>dig
>in the sand.  Try to put it in a shady area or put up some suncloth for
>shade.  
This has been a stunning success for us (thanks to the Huggards of
Gainesville FL for both idea and sandbox plans!). Only problem is, now we
need another one for Ivy Rose. She has been known to con Paddington into
barking, so that he has to come in--then she makes a bee-line for the
sandbox!
Ann, Peg, Paddington and Ivy Rose