--- title: Labrador Puppy Fills Up Her Own Inflatable Kiddie Pool: Video description: She decided to fill up her own kiddie pool canonical: https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-04T16:59:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:18.101Z og:title: This Dog Knows How to Do Summer og:description: She decided to fill up her own kiddie pool og:url: https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Dog Knows How to Do Summer twitter:description: She decided to fill up her own kiddie pool twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Dog Knows How to Do Summer > Sponsored content. 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Boo, a five-year-old Pomeranian with over 1.6 million followers on Facebook, has just released his first book_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 4, 2015 4:59 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 4, 2015 4:59 PM UTC Most dogs know that a great way to [cool off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqI2zuMNPB8) and [relax](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyYNRLMBkiU) in the summertime is to spend some time in an inflatable kiddie pool. That usually can’t happen for a pup unless there’s a human with opposable thumbs nearby to grab a hose and fill up the pool. Six-month-old lab puppy Maddie, however, decided that she was a strong independent dog who did not need a human for anything. She grabbed her _own_ hose and filled up her _own_ pool. Or at least, she tried. As you’ll see in the clip above, she doesn’t have the easiest time with this task, but you can’t say she didn’t try. Hopefully she can get some practice in over the winter, and be totally ready to operate a hose this time next year. ## Transcript [ CROSSTALK ] Boo is a 5 year old Pomeranian who became famous by having a Facebook page with photos of him. And is just become popular all over the world, with 1. 6 million. He's so cute. If you look at Boo's Facebook page. Because people, like, within an hour, of a picture being put up with very simple caption, people go crazy. They'll be like 10, 000 likes. Hundreds of comments within an hour. So we thought, that's what, people want. Just cute photos of Boo, and we decided to do a, a book and pitch it to his owner. And she liked it, they worked on the book together and it came together really quickly. We just have people from all over the world that always say he's the cutest dog they've ever seen, and where can they get a dog like him, what kind of dog is he? So we've deemed him the cutest dog in the world, and no one has come forward to deny it. This is the cutest dog I think I've ever seen. You are cute in an ugly way, or ugly in a cute way. He's very, very mellow. Super loving. Like he just wants to be with people, and be petted, and just be happy. Would you like a Boo button? Oh, I would like one. I get emails from people all the time that say like, they look at his page if they've had a bad day, or if they're feeling down and it cheers them up. And he is perfect for that. I'm gonna get all the ladies in this bar right here. The Boo barrel. I got the Boo bunny. 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