--- --- # This Dog Knows How to Do Summer ## Video: Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog? [Watch (HLS stream): Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6qldqUSm.m3u8) (1:34)  _Published 2011-09-12. 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. Labrador Puppy Fills Up Her Own Inflatable Kiddie Pool: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/"},"headline":"This Dog Knows How to Do Summer","datePublished":"2015-08-04T16:59:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:00.488Z","description":"She decided to fill up her own kiddie pool","url":"https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/","name":"This Dog Knows How to Do Summer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog?","description":"Boo, a five-year-old Pomeranian with over 1.6 million followers on Facebook, has just released his first book","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6qldqUSm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2011-09-12T16:19:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6qldqUSm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3983916/dog-fills-kiddie-pool/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```