Summer has come

You may think that the summer has already come, but if you define the end of rainy season as the coming of summer, it is still unclear this year.

Although Meteorological Office announced on July 13th that the rainy season in the Kanto and Koshin Districts was over, this might have been overeager, considering the sticky rainy days during the first half of the last week. The last weekend saw hot clear weather of the summer.

The coming of summer for my family is defined as the beginning of all-day air-conditioning of the rooms, where my dogs are kept.


Leeds is 13 years old. This is equivalent to 70s for human beings. At the changes of seasons, she shows slight disorders like diarrhea and vomit, but she is quite healthy in other time. The hotness, however, would surely put burden on her, and I would like to let her live in comfortable environment.


Chilwell is 11 years old, which is equivalent to early 60s for human. Since Cairn Terrier is the origin of various terriers and is closest to the ancestor breed, she is most healthy among the five terriers. While the room is air-conditioned, she would sit and lie in various places in the room and does not seem to choose cooler places.

Well, when I opened the windows to change air, someone giving a walk to his/her dog came to the road in front of my house. In such cases, my dogs would rush onto the sofa by the window, and call (bark on to) the visiting dog. The "space race" is a fun.


In the case of this photo, Pizzicato and Pieta first realized the intruder, and are gazing outside together.


Then, other dogs noticed the change and got together. At first, Leeds took the left end of the sofa as the best position, right end of the sofa, the best position, had already been occupied by Pizzicato and her daughter. As Leeds was not able to watch the stranger, she tried to move to the right corner, which was intercepted by Piacere. Piacere was not very much interested in the external situation, but rather interested in the excitement of the adults, and trys to participate "joy" in some ways. Chilwell is small and alert enough to stand on the back of the sofa.




A catch up of Piacere is shown here. Since she had her coat trimmed about 10 days ago, her "Scottie" expression has become natural to her. The photos show relatively large head, but this is due to the camera angle. As she is still at the stage of "puppy" in definition, the balance of head and body has getting better. Her large loin seems to promise becoming a good show dog.