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Well Summer is approaching and temps are soaring here.

I've always kept my dogs indoors in the AC, but I have a foster that is mainly an outside dog due to not getting along with my other dogs.

I'm not sure what the best thing to do for him is. Right now, he has a big bucket of water and a shallow wading pool. The backyard is shaded pretty well. Oak trees along the back and one side then I have a tree too under the oak plus a big shed on one side. Grass is already dead from having 3 foster dogs out there. Now it is just Dexter.

I sooooo wish I could find this dog his forever home or another foster, but we've tried so hard and no one wants bad enough to help get him to them.


He hates being by himself, he was used to have Wendy and Luna with them. So I've been putting Jassmine the Great Dane out with him for part of the day.

So options I have is sticking him in a crate when I go to work and he would have to stay in there all day then putting him out at night when I get home.

Or keeping him outside in the heat.

I know my neighbors never let their dogs in and they survive, but I think it is just too hot.

I know several on here have outside dogs that are kept out. What do you do to keep them cooler?

He is not chained and has access to the entire backyard. We are in FL. It was around 90 degrees today. It is a at least a good 10 degrees cooler in the shade area. I can tell the difference just walking out there. So in the shade and the dirt it is cooler, but still wonder how hot is too hot???