It may be called the dog days of summer, but the bears are feeling the heat, too.

As a heat wave rolled through New Jersey to start the week, followed by humidity and rain as the week came to a close, one family of bruins couldn't bear the temperatures anymore.

So one mother bear and all five of her cubs took a dip in a Rockaway Township home's backyard pool. The Basso family stood and watched from their second floor window as the visiting family played, splashed, and made themselves at home in the yard.