Today should have been a blog entry about our day at Hever Castle but sadly the hot weather spoilt our plans. The temperatures in Kent have been over 30 DegC and we took the advice of the local LRSE&C co-ordinator's who knew the venue and said it would just be too hot. Added to that, it would have been over 2.5hrs each way without any delays. Any other time, I'm happy to drive that distance or more but the M25 so often has delays the last thing I wanted to risk was getting stuck and Ziggy suffering as a result.
With no let up in the warm weather, daytime walks have been few and far between although we did get a couple of evenings with lovely cooling breezes so we took ourselves off to the fields next to us:
After the straw had been harvested, it was looking very bare in our fields:
Ziggy didn't care and was enjoying searching for interesting sniffs:
Evening sunshine:
On Wednesday Ziggy celebrated his 7th birthday which meant some new toys for stuffing, which he loves:
Each day Ziggy and Sofy have a stuffed Kong when I go to work so with more, I can freeze them as well and keep them cool.
Ziggy wasted no time chewing on his Kong Wubba and soon got the squeaky ball out:
Sofy likes the new Cow-Wow and spends ages rolling it around to get the kibble out:
When Ziggy goes near, she make's sure he can't get it:
Yesterday, as Ziggy didn't get his day at the Castle, we went into town for breakfast at the cafe by the river. Ziggy got to splash around and catch treats:
Ziggy will only paddle still but throwing little biscuits for him encourages him to splash around in the water:
Today Ziggy and Sofy have been taking it easy, enjoying frozen yogurt cubes and lounging around. The best way to spend a hot Sunday!
3 comments:
Yay for Sofy. She looks happy with her treat toy.
And good call by LRSE&C to advise not bringing Ziggy out on such a hot day. I has been over 35c in Austin for much of the last 2 months (some days over 40c) that the Furkids just go out for a quick bathroom break and then back inside to park under the AC vent ;)
It has been very hot in Montreal too. Dogs can't complain verbally so their humans have to take precautions, like not driving 5hrs with them on a hot day.
Ziggy looks so happy enjoying those beautiful places.
Do you use a slow feeder bowl too? They provide a bit of stimulation during meal times - similar to your kong toy. They work for both kibble and traditional wet dog food. I find it invaluable for our beagle.
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