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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I just ordered this to carry on my walks with Norton. There's been no real problem so far, but he does get tired on hot days. Today I kept trying to cut our walk short because of the 90° heat index, but no amount of coaching could persuade him because he knew that on the other end of our neighborhood is a canine friend of his. I worried about him the whole way back. He ran from shade tree to shade tree in an effort to stay out of the sun as much as possible. The really bad part is that after his insistence on going the distance, his friend wasn't in the yard to greet him. |
That looks neat! When I took Shadow on my long hikes I'd wear a fanny pack that held a small frisbee and had two holsters for water bottles. I'd put the frisbee on the ground periodically, and fill it with water for him.
Of course, the biggest advantage was that Shadow was a night person, like me. "Hot in the direct sun" was a lot harder for him than "Hot after dark."