Strutting the Mutts

Saturday's Mutt 'n' Strut charity walk was fun, but it was also SUPER hot for the middle of May! I knew it would be warm, but there's something about getting a couple hundred dogs together in a blacktop parking lot that makes it even steamier! It was around 75 and sunny when the walk started, and even though we took water breaks every half mile, Hope completely pooped out about 400 yards into the second mile! She saw a shady, grassy spot next to the sidewalk, so she took it upon herself to end our walk there. I don't know if she's still feeling the effects of her chemo and surgery, or if she just isn't accustomed to the heat, but she was a little short on the endurance!

She wasn't the only canine who was feeling like a hot dog. After the walk, a dog decided that the tub of ice which held the bottled water and soda made a good wading pool once some of the ice had melted. Every year this happens, but it never ceases to be entertaining.

A few years ago it was a huge Great Pyrenees who did this and took up the whole tub! I can understand why they were all so hot--the bank clock said it was 82 when we got home at like 10:30.

We didn't stay and enjoy many of the contests because it was so warm (I contend the parking lot has to be like 10 degrees hotter), but we checked out a few of the booths and the bake sale, and we hung out and talked to lots of our other dog friends and people friends. Overall it was a fun morning, and there was no McGruff the Crime Dog to cause an uproar!

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