It's 100 degrees outside (or worse). How's a fur-covered pup to cope? CNN iReporters from around the United States have been sharing photos of their best friends cooling off, and let's face it: They're too cute not to post.
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Beautiful standard poodle Gracie has water up to her shoulders in her family's above-ground backyard pool in Barberton, Ohio.
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Dexter, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, decides it's too hot even to swim in Constant Lake in Ontario, Canada.
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Four-month-old German shepherd Zhik naps on a float in his family's pool in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Sierra's family says they can't keep her out of their Loxahatchee, Florida, pool. Here, the sopping wet yellow lab takes a rest on a float.
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Flossy, a 5-year-old Maltese, captains a boat raft off the shores of Destin, Florida.
It's not just American dogs that need to cool off. Sandro Capannolo spotted this pup taking a dip in a fountain in Rome. And Istvan Szemes of Hungary shared a video of his German shepherd gleefully splashing around in a baby pool.
