Does your indoor dog get lethargic in hot weather like he's outside?

Yep and I’m the same way.

I've got a doodle and a aussie/lab mix. Both ask to go outside in the middle of the afternoon to go lay in the grass in the sun.

My husky who was mostly black used to do the same.

My lab is going through a false pregnancy so she's stealing door mats, towels, and pillows to make a den. She will go outside for 5 minutes then come back in to sit on her pile and growl at the other dog.

Our 16 year old does better on morning or afternoon hikes
Same as her owners

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friend of mine has a black lab, cool arse dog that I love, that had a full on heat stroke a few weeks back. He had been out for less than an hour and hadn't been running or playing too much (nothing out of the normal or different from any other time he's out), and he just passed out and had a seizure. Vet did all kinds of tests, gave him fluids, and kept him overnight. She came to the heat stroke conclusion. Now, he's limited on his outside adventures until it cools off.

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My wife's dog is black and too dumb to figure out what shade is. If hes in the sun for about 5 minutes is fur gets so hot you can barely pet him.

I have two. Both with spend hours outside together the rest of the year, especially cool days with lots of sun. I can tell they get a little stir crazy and depressed if they experience several cold and cloudy winter days in a row where they don’t spend much time outside or in the sun.

It’s a different story in the heat of the summer. One ventures outside for her early morning pee, then barely moves until the afternoon.

The other spends all day going in and out. He wants to be lounging in the sun all day, but he’s had enough after about 5 minutes in this heat. Comes back inside to cool off, then back out.

Neither wants to come inside after the first major cool front of the Fall. We’ve left them outside most of the day before once the heat finally breaks, even when we’re not home.

Not really lethargic. They like it outside even when this hot. But I limit them to 15 min or so. They come inside and go splat on the floor. I keep fans on for them even though the air is running.

My 10 year old English bulldog sits in the sun panting her arse off. Does that for about 15 minutes and she's ready to go back in.

My two cats that have a Power Pet automatic door and can go in or out whenever they want, day or night, are pretty much napping all day and go out after dinner.

At that age she deserves it ... cute dog