Dutch Shepherd Forum

It's so hot.....I forgot and left some chicken yard eggs in a bucket in the bed of my truck that was parked in the sun a couple days ago. Well, went to get them out that evening and yes indeed they were partially cooked. Seriously.

Got in my truck at noon today and my sunglasses on the dash had melted. Yes indeed.

Went to my mom's to swim in the pool, it was so hot, felt like bath water. Yes indeed.

It is so hot, what minute little rain we have had recently evaporates before it hits the soil so now my farm soil has hughemongous cracks (3" wide) all over and I am afraid to let the animals out for fear one will break a leg.

How hot is it in your area?

Hot and humid as usual in Florida. But since we got finally tons of rain, the moskitos are becoming a pest!!

I saw a fire hydrant chasing a Dutch Shepherd.....lol (oldie but a goodie)

saw a squirrel fanning his nuts yesterday.

Good ones! Funny stuff.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Thalie will go into the pool but I cant get Sadie in water yet

quit it! Does any of you know the weatherforecast for Holland/Germany... if you're complaining it's too hot, come overhere, feels like autumn I wanna go in my (inflatable) pool too But it's windy, raining and only 17 celcius (62.6 F) brrrr

It's a sauna here in central VA...

One of the news ladies cooked cookies in her vehicle yesterday and then the crew ate them on air

poor marjolein! I feel for you...as miserable as it is here, I am not ready for winter yet!

We should get Marjolein to post pictures of her breathtaking yard. Her husband still works in landscaping, I believe, and Marjolein has worked alongside him for a long time. To see the green, the cool, lush vegitation is such a welcome sight for me right now.
Here, flowers stopped trying, trees are wilting, weeds (!!) are dying, grass shriveling, dust blowing.
The heat index went up to 113 yesterday, with an actual temparture of 103 to 105. No rain for weeks, no rain in sight. I can barely work my dogs, because it is still in the high 90's even at midnight. Fall sounds like a great idea to me! Bring it on! Some mature trees are starting to turn already, ready to preserve themselves by slowing the sap stream. And I am losing others. They just fall, even wood giants. When/if we finally get rain, that will cause some more trees to fall victim too. It's brutal right now, worse than I have ever seen it down here.

It's so hot the temp inside my locked car, was 140 when I got in it. The leather seat burned my behind.

we had a few brutal days, but its perfect today, had some rain last night and the plants really needed it. Thalie enjoys laying by the pool and Sadie plays with frogs

I hope you don't have those poison spitting frogs where you live.

today was even worse! 13 celcius (55.4 F) strong winds, all people camping on the coastline campsites have been advised to go home or secure their tents with extra storm-lines Imagine spending your holiday with 3 kids there now! Ahhhh!

Will post the yard pics Judith, if it helps any of you guys

Marjolein wrote:Imagine spending your holiday with 3 kids there now!

Imagine with a DS ?! Tent flying around and all..........

Schlussdibusti wrote:

Marjolein wrote:Imagine spending your holiday with 3 kids there now!

Imagine with a DS ?! Tent flying around and all..........

whaha At least he will HOLD the tent down, just don't say "aus!"

good idea! who said Schutzhund training is only a sport and has no real world application?!

vneerland wrote:It's brutal right now, worse than I have ever seen it down here.

Oh, man, Judith, I feel for you guys! I heard on NPR today that Texas is in one of the worst droughts it's had. I hate it when the grass gets so dead and brittle, it's almost like walking on fiberglass or something.

It's especially sad to hear about your poor trees

after several weeks in north central ohio with ridiculously hot weather (so hot no one will even come out for ice cream)... we got dumped on with high winds and flash floods... my poor garden got beat down by the rains.. Gwen and Izar won't get in the baby pool I got them but, they do think it is a giant bucket to drink from.

Dreadful here in NC.........around 95-100 degrees and very high humidity the last few days. It finally broke this evening, so we got Sasha out chasing balls in the yard - burns off more energy than chasing cats in the house, and it's a lot less stressful on the cat!

Marj, 55 degrees F?!?! I would trade in a heartbeat.

Judith, my trees too are now losing their leaves due to the drought. I hope I dont lose any more trees as I lost one of my red Japanese maples that I had had for 25 years.

Oh my, I could just see a flying tent / DS fiasco!! Yipes!!

GSDNanny wrote:
Oh my, I could just see a flying tent / DS fiasco!! Yipes!!

I guess you'll fill us in on this later?????