Anyone for a swim?

You're probably thinking, 'I didn't know alpacas could swim!' Well, as far as I know they can't however they will take a dip now and then to cool off on the really hot days. In the 2 previous years I have waited too long to purchase a kiddie pool for my animals. So this year we bought early and guess what? It's going to be 82 degrees on Saturday and all of my 'pacas are in full fleece!! Heat stroke anyone? So I put them out today so they'd be used to seeing them. Of course today was a very windy day so I had to put a few big rocks/small boulders in each one. We have no shortage of those here in the granite state. So they're out in the pasture and tomorrow we'll fill them with water so they'll be ready for Saturday. Alpacas, by the way, cool themselves thru their bellies, so what they do is step in and lay down one at a time. The pools are not very attractive so sometime in the next few years we'll arrange something alittle different. Something like a spray mat. They do like to get hosed down on the really hot days. The 'paca in the picture is Pendragon.