Jun 25, 2009

beware of heat stroke!

Happy loves to go for walks, especially on long hikes in the mountains and even stream-trekking! We try to accommodate her most of the times depending on the weather and locations of our hikes. Summer is not a good time for her, as the weather is really really HOT! We just heard in the news that two Golden Retrievers died of heat stroke while out hiking with their owner in this weather. Such a sad incident due to the ignorance of the dog owner. Sigh! Check out this website for more knowledge on canine heat exhaustion/stroke.
Happy doesn't like to swim, although we had tried several times on different occasions to lure her into the water, she just wouldn't go into the water! The strange thing is, she loves running and splashing in shallow water till she gets all wet, but just short of immersing herself completely in water to swim! Anyway, we'll continue to work on that. Happy adores stream-trekking, but we've decided not to bring her for any future trips because she has a bad habit of bumping into our legs while we are trekking and balancing on the rocks and boulders. For our own safety, it is better this way. Sori my baby!

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