How fun- I would love to watch your dog playing in the rain. Down through the years I have had a couple dogs that loved the snow, the deeper the drifts the better the plowing with the nose straight through. I also had one that dearly loved to pounce on dandelions when the seeds were fully developed but not yet scattered. He conquered them and ate them.
Animals, gardens, great gardening threads- that is a great way to live. Albeit the hail, storms, and cold wet winters/way too hot and way too dry summers are a challenge
Both my dogs like the cool weather we have been having in the mornings. The female is the playful one she will get down on her front elbows(?) butt in the air, in the “I want to play pose”. Toss her a Milk Bone and she will take off running then circle around and around a couple of times, at full speed, and try to pick up the bone, running at full speed. She will repeat the maneuver until she gets the bone and then settle down and munch away. Then she is up again in the “I wanna play pose” waiting for another bone. Her brother the big lumbering “I will get there when I get there” dog. just wants me to give him the bone and another and another.