JACKSON, Wyo. — We asked, and you answered! Thank you to Buckrail readers for sending in fantastic photos of local canines enjoying the dog days of summer.

The majority of photos we received featured pups beating the heat by enjoying local waterways, whether sitting on a paddleboard, captaining a boat or just splashing around. What a delight to see so many dogs in personal floatation devices.

Submissions are now closed, but stay tuned for another collection of reader-submitted dog photos coming soon.

  • Rio getting ready for his first river float. Photo Elizabeth Wilson
  • Cosmo and Roscoe, best friends in the Green River area. Photo: Megan Peterson
  • Eddie Wiggles living his best dog life. Safety first! He always wears his PFD. Photo: KT Bennett
  • Tank’s first paddle. Photo: Olive Byrne
  • Juno. Photo: Leigh Reagan Smith
  • Bernie enjoying some water time at the BLM lake on Fall Creek. Photo: Crissy Waters
  • Freddy. Photo: Lenea Luna
  • Gus on the lake. Photo: Yvonna Watsabaugh
  • Ze’ev. Photo: Kamaya Jane
  • Glacier. Photo: Megan Watson
  • Ripp floating the Green River, not sure about fish. Photo: Lucas Nugent
  • Teemu. Photo: Dianne Lowry
  • Dori at Slide Lake. Photo: Amy Stark
  • Sutter and Hayden rollin’ on Palisades. Photo: John Edwards
  • Olive. Photo: Mary Greenblatt
  • Lalo the Golden Retriever, “a wild one for sure!” Photo: Tlaloc Mej
  • Howdy on the Snake River. Photo: Dave Baker
  • Cookie. Photo: Ellie Gove
  • Ernie the Bernie. Photo: Michelle Massara
  • Dusty Rose captains the boat on the Green River. Photo: Rob Denton
  • Teddy the Terrier beats the heat in a bucket of water. Photo: Tom and Dana Braun
  • Photo: Robert Johnson
  • Ember Rose on the lake, playing it safe. Photo: Jennifer Burnside
  • Five-month-old Birdie living her best life. Photo: Chelsea Baum
  • Birdie rafting. Photo: Chelsea Baum
  • Bandit and Coal. Photo: Patrick Trucco
  • Photo: Shannon Stec
  • Ozzy and Murphy. Photo: Judy Smith

Special shout-out to this trio of boating dogs.

Doug Cougar Mellencamp (large dog), Pancake (Chihuahua in orange PFD) and GiGi (brown dog in green PFD) enjoy a float on the river between Wilson and South Park. Photo: Courtney Marisa Neckels Watsabaugh
“GiGi is available for adoption through the Animal Adoption Center,” Watsabaugh emailed. “GiGi is a very good little adventure dog looking for a home. Obviously she loves other dogs and would love some siblings of the human and dog variety!”

We even received a video of a classic summertime dog maneuver: the shake-off.

Oscar enjoying summer. Video: Les Mason

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