DOG AND THE SNOW

My terrier mutt LOVES the snow. He'd stay out catching snow balls all day if his body didn't turn beat red and frost bight didn't kick in.

He doesn't have a lot of fur. So the cold temps are not good to him. Well the other day he got mad at me becuase I wouldn't play outside with him any longer, and before walking in the house HE MADE SOME YELLOW SNOW on the deck right outside the door!! He's my sensitive child! Very emotional..

Now my Old girl Mutt that can barely walk as is but is covered with TONS of fur, can't STAND the cold.. She can't stand the snow and would hibernate for the winter if she could... Will REFUSE to go outside. She won't go in the house and wouldn't dare go on the deck unless she was sick.

And so she paces!! And whines and shakes...well she finally went down the deck stairs and slid on the ice... Needless to say she would NOT go out after that. So yesterday morning I opened the door downstairs to make it easier for her to get out.. This worked well... Till the duefus didn't come back in the same door?? NOooo, she climbed the stairs to the deck..while I'm downstairs holding the door and calling her name, while freezing my buns off (although that wouldn't be such a bad thing)

And she slid on the ice again! Now, not wanting to go out any door!! Seriously she stands there shaking by the door as if she was being tortured.

Insert Hubby to story!! He was home before me last night and was getting quite angry with the dog as he is chasing her around trying to get her to go outside... I'm picturing them running in circles.. Too funny...

And then to my surprise, hubby tells me he "had a moment". Realized how hard it must be for her on the ice and so old. And how he would feel when he was older if someone treated him that way.. "WOW?"

So he went out with some garden tool and chipped the ice off of EVERY step. And made an ice free path at the top and bottom of the deck.. And now the pretty girl mutt is going out with ease! This morning went much smoother.

AWWW.. Hubby really loves the dogs, he just doesn't know it...(Shhh..don't tell him I said so either)

Comments

[NEE NEE]

AWH! That was a good thing..Points for my son-in-law..

[NB]

That's just so sweet! :-)