It is 43 Degrees Celcuis (110F) outside!

We have tried so many times to wet the dog when it is so hot. But he is scared of water, very scared. He is a Dalmation Cross. I took note of what you wrote here, & went out & checked him again. He was under the shade of the 7 fruit trees. The kids said he has been running around getting excited. I have warned them NOT to excite him in this heat.
Now wee have got out the hose, & in a moment when the hot running water has turned cold, I will try gently running water over him... if he lets me.

You can wet the ground and he will then have the evaporative effect to cool him. That should help. It will be good for your trees too, I would think.

Oh how sad! Do you have any idea as to why he's so scared of water? Something must've happened to him to be so scared like that. Poor thing. Well all you can do is the best you can, nothing more. Take care sweetie.

Thats a good idea about watering the ground. He "might" lie in it. Of course, we are not supposed to water anything, its against the law at this time of day, but bu.... the law... the neighbours can't see me out the back.
I did go out & try to gently water him down with the hose, but as soon as he saw the hose he got scared.

7 degrees F would be exceptionally low for us, in fact I dont even know what that is in celcuis. Surely they have got the power on after 2 to 3 weeks!
We sometimes have power failures in the extreme heat as the system can't cope with the airconditioners being tuned on.
For a couple of years the government told everyone to turn their Ac off for 15 mins every hour, when it reaches 35C, to conserve energy. They were told where to go......

I can hear fire sirens now!!

http://walking.about.com/library/cal/uctemp.htm This is a site with an automatic converter to convert temperatures. 7 degrees Fahrenheit converts to-13.88 degrees Celsius.

That cold.... hmmmm, it never gets that cold here.

Everything is much calmer & much improved. I will tell you greater detail in an email.
Where I come from in the north of our State, on very rare occassions it would get to 50 degrees,,but not in Adelaide. That would be terrible.

Being brought up in the heat, I prefer the heat to extreme cold, in fact, any cold.

my feelings exactly:)
I always lived in warm countries until I came here.
I was told I would get used to the could, but I guess they lied to me LOL

Adelaide, South Australia. Where I originally come from, it is hotter.

I certainly hope you have some cooler days ahead!

I can imagine driving on snowy roads would be quite dangerous.

If you came to cities or small country towns with beautiful beaches, you would love it, Thats how we escape the heat. Also we have airconditioners.

I live in Adelaide, South Australia. The animals survived, although over the next two days whilst this heat continues, I am going to try anything to get water on the Dalmation to cool him down.

I stayed by the a/c, but the kids spent hours in the pool. Going to be 39 degrees today, then 41 again tomorrow. A real heatwave.

Our pet mouse & two birds are inside. One of our cats is outside by choice, & the other is inside.
Both dogs are outside at the moment, lining in the shade.
I agree that we need to protect our animals. This is our second day of extreme heat & it is 42 degrees celcuis at the moment.