The dog days of summer occurred on September 25, 2011
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It's the sweltering dog days of summer here in Twilight. It's so hot you could melt a brick on the hood of your car. Everything's an inferno. So hot even Robin Williams would be at a loss of words to describe how hot it is.
In addition to the normal Sidekick/companion one could have, one also had a dog as a companion.