Dry heat! NDR

Al Hansen

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I had to paint (3) 4'x8' sheets of plywood yesterday for the kennel. After getting them home from the lumber yard, I got that first one on the saw horses and in no time at all had it primed. The next two went as quickly. I made sure to add plenty of red hot chili powder to the paint to make it worth while for any dog that chooses to gnaw on them. The same thing was done with the white paint we bought. The chili powder makes the paint have that light pink look to it but we don't care because it works.

As soon as the sheets were primed I then got them painted and all I had to do then was cut them down to 2'x8' and that was it. We did have a slight breeze blowing but with the way everything was drying so quickly I just had to find out. So my first stop was the thermometer which is in the shade on our patio. It read 103F. Then I checked the humidity rate and it was at 2%. My gosh that is a very frightening combination. No wonder my job was so easy to get done.

We like hanging out at the pond and so do the dogs. Here are some pictures.
Al

Here is my 11 month old pup, Chip. He sure has been fun to have hanging around with me.

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Bev's dog, Serrano, gets better looking every day. My wife is heading for Wisconsin next week. I think I'll toss her girl a few bumpers and see what happens---

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Habanero is one dog I can hardly wait to get out in the duck blind this fall. She did such a remarkable job in teaching Chipotle what to do in the blind. "Sit like a bump on a stump."

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Bev had Chaco out and was combing him. As you can see by the goofy facial expression that he has---he loved it.

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We had someone who needed a picture of one of our black males that is 5 weeks old today. This little guy will be heading south of Las Cruces in a couple of weeks.

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I never realized it before but some times there is a reason for having long legs.

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On hot summer days I can remember my kids and what they did with a garden hose. The only difference is that this time it was Serrano who was having as much fun as kids do.
Al

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Al great photos, 103 ,,, man that is to hot for me. The dogs look like they are enjoying it!!

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Fred

Fred, the other day when it hit 107F, that was bad. What was so funny happened the following day when we were going over the kennel to feed the pups. We walked outside around 4:30 or the worst time for heat and had this breeze hit us in the face. Bev commented on how cool it was. I then asked her to guess and she said 89F. I checked the thermometer on the patio and it was 98F in the shade. Heck that was 9 degrees cooler than the day before! The only thing that is decent about it is so dry with humidity rates in the low single digits. This morning's temps were at 58F, so sleeping is great!
Al
 
AL at 103 you should be in that pond

That is a darn good thought, Pat. I checked out the 10 day forecast and the lowest it was going to get for day time highs was 92F with the highest being 100F. I think we'll be hanging out there quite a bit.
Al
 
Al

You can keep the heat, our high was 64 yesterday and I loved it.


Nice pics Al, I see a bandage on Chips hind foot. More cactus?
 
Al

You can keep the heat, our high was 64 yesterday and I loved it.


Nice pics Al, I see a bandage on Chips hind foot. More cactus?

Hi Doug,
That sounds like a perfect temp to me. You are right about Chip having a bandage on his hind leg. He injured it while romping around under the mesquite tree. The problem was that he never stopped licking it. We put ointment on it but to no avail. The vet took a laser to it and then with a good bandage, it stayed on for 5 days and when taken off all was healed up well with no more constant licking.
Al
 
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