The rain finally broke this weekend so the ark building has been put on hold. The sun brought with it a sudden growth spurt in the garden and a whole slew of questions…

‘what colour tiles should we buy?’

’should we take the dog to the vet’

‘where should we put the tv’

‘how much should we spend on renovations’

‘where did we put that damn fan’

and, perhaps the most perplexing question of all, ‘why is the dog napping in the sun again?’

Meeka loves to sleep in the sun on the back deck, she actually chases the sunny spots around the yard. Now on a brisk spring day I can understand this but it must have been 25 degrees yesterday (Celcius that is) during the heat of the afternoon. Meeka lay there, he tongue lolling on the wood creating a neat little wet ring of moist breath. Her sides heaved in and out with every hot panting breath she took. Every half hour or so she wandered back to the toilet for a little refreshment (yes she did have water in her water dish and no she didn’t drink from that).

I tried giving her ice cubes, she ignored them.

I tried moving her into the shade, she moved back into the sun.

I tried clamly explaining to her why lying in the sun wasn’t the most intelligent of all plans, she barely cocked an ear in my direction.

So, interneters, is this normal behaviour for a dog or is Meeka (a) trying to get rid of excess water weight, (b) getting herself really thirsty so the toilet water tastes extra sweet, (c) trying to get sun stroke cause she really likes the way the world looks when she can’t see straight or (d) really too stupid to notice the correlation between lying outside in the sun and getting hot?