Crested Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 I'm not really a sauna person, but I do enjoy sitting there in the heat. It's very relaxing and I usually go there when I feel stressed and need some relaxing and getting away from the stress. Well anyway... Today I decided to go and so I asked dad to put the sauna on for me and so he did. After it had heated up I got this crazy idea... I would take Bella to the sauna and see what she thinks of it. Ok, said and done, I picked Bella up and went in the sauna. When I first threw a little water into the thing we kall "kiuas" (a kind of mechanical thing that heats up with stones on it that allso heat up. You throw water on the stones and the water becomes steam while making this "schhhhhhhhhh" -sound. So it becomes very steamy and hot) Bella kind of jumped up thinking "what the heck was that?!?!". Then after a couple times of water throwing, she noticed it became warmer and warmer every time. She started to relax and yawn and she started to REALLY like it. She LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED the sauna! :D She bundled up in my lap and sat down to just enjoy. It was so nice to watch!! Then the temperature started to really rise and I thought it was getting a little bit too hot. At that exact moment when I thought that, Bella whined just a little and looked at me. I kind of whisperd: "I know sweetie. Just three more bowls of water and that's it." She stopped whining and after the 1st bowl of water she started keep her tounge out and after the third we were out. I quickly showerd Bella with water to cool her down a bit before letting her run in the whole house, because even if it's room temperature in the house, when you come from the sauna it feels freezing. So after a very quick shower she's off running about like she's mad! :D She enjoyed every bit of the sauna experience and I think that is really fun! Ben on the other hand HATES the sauna. I don't think he hates the heat, but the "schhhhhhhhhh" -sound when you pour the water on the really hot stones. Poor baby. I think sauna is good for you to some extent. When you're in there your skin starts to itch a little. That's because your dead skin cells come to the surface and when you after the sauna go to the shower and scrub yourself, you can get all the dead skin cells off your body. This makes you feel fresh! So a little sauna now and then with not too much heat is ok, but then there are people who REALLY love the sauna. The temperature can rise to up to 200-300 degrees celcius. I watched this guinness record attempt where a bunch of people were in a sauna and the temperature just rised and rised. The person who could stay in there the longes would attemt to get his/her name in the guinness record book and would allso win the contest. I don't remember how high the temperature went, but they took a frying pan and a chicken egg just to show how hot it is and they FRIED THE CHICKEN EGG ON THE FRYING PANN!! Now, the frying pann wasn't on the "kiuas" but on the benches they sat on!! So you can imagine the heat! THAT is very, VERY dangerous, because you don't just risk heat strike or dehydration, but allso heart and lung falioure and collapse. So... you have to use your brain in the sauna. I know my limits and I know my dogs limits and the minute I even think it's starting to be too much, I get out and at the same time (ofcourse) so does Bella. But I must say, it's fun to have a dog that enjoys the sauna the way I do. :) /Crest Quote
marion Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 :lol: :lol: Very good fun. :lol: :lol: :o When can I visit. :o Quote
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