On 2009-01-28 10:46:07 -0500, Shelly said:

The university is closed today, so I'm home. Harriet just went outside
to pee, and she is not amused. Apparently, trying to squat in snow
that's taller than your butt is A Very Big Deal.

Ours run around and trample the snow so they don't have such issues.

We had taught Bella what "shake" meant, but she has forgotten and
Beanie figured it out. They were covered in snow then DH & I (now
affectionately known as the Asthma Twins) were doing the first shovel
of the day.

Snow is falling, falling, falling and will continue until 7 PM

I've been wondering about Diddy & Shelly and see you both apparently
still have power.

In article , diddy none
wrote:


For traction, get YAX TRAX. They work

I have them! Didn't need them today, as I walked out with snow shovel
in hand, and plowed my way to the mailbox. The ice-over-snow pushed
pretty easily at this point, which was a very nice surprise.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

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On 2009-01-28 10:46:07 -0500, Shelly said:

The university is closed today, so I'm home. Harriet just went outside
to pee, and she is not amused. Apparently, trying to squat in snow
that's taller than your butt is A Very Big Deal.

Ours run around and trample the snow so they don't have such issues.

We had taught Bella what "shake" meant, but she has forgotten and
Beanie figured it out. They were covered in snow then DH & I (now
affectionately known as the Asthma Twins) were doing the first shovel
of the day.

Snow is falling, falling, falling and will continue until 7 PM

I've been wondering about Diddy & Shelly and see you both apparently
still have power.



Yup, power went out here even when we had the windstorm of the century that
blackened our power grid in the region for three days last fall, We were
only out for 3 hours. That's because we have a very clever neighbor who
works for the power company and linked our block up to three different
transformer stations. When one sector goes out, he simply goes out to his
pole and flips a switch and the whole 3 country miles lights up again.

montana wildhack spoke these words of wisdom
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On 2009-01-28 10:46:07 -0500, Shelly said:

The university is closed today, so I'm home. Harriet just went outside
to pee, and she is not amused. Apparently, trying to squat in snow
that's taller than your butt is A Very Big Deal.

Ours run around and trample the snow so they don't have such issues.

We had taught Bella what "shake" meant, but she has forgotten and
Beanie figured it out. They were covered in snow then DH & I (now
affectionately known as the Asthma Twins) were doing the first shovel
of the day.

Snow is falling, falling, falling and will continue until 7 PM

I've been wondering about Diddy & Shelly and see you both apparently
still have power.



I have a very cute picture of the dog's snowy faces, but can't get my
computer to see my camera.

montana wildhack wrote:
On 2009-01-28 10:46:07 -0500, Shelly said:

The university is closed today, so I'm home. Harriet just went outside
to pee, and she is not amused. Apparently, trying to squat in snow
that's taller than your butt is A Very Big Deal.


Ours run around and trample the snow so they don't have such issues.

We had taught Bella what "shake" meant, but she has forgotten and Beanie
figured it out. They were covered in snow then DH & I (now
affectionately known as the Asthma Twins) were doing the first shovel of
the day.

Snow is falling, falling, falling and will continue until 7 PM

I've been wondering about Diddy & Shelly and see you both apparently
still have power.

The BCs love being towelled off when they come in from playing in the
snow. If I forget they'll go to the bathroom, drag a towel off the rack
and bring it to me. They've started to generalize a little, though. On
very cold days they want to be towelled even if it's not wet outside.
It's a good excuse to get all silly and growly and rompy.

Cooper doesn't think snow and play belong in the same sentence, poor
freezy little naked dog.

On 2009-01-28 12:18:42 -0500, diddy none said:

I have a very cute picture of the dog's snowy faces, but can't get my
computer to see my camera.

Two adult and two fuzzy puppy snow snouts must equal exquisite adorable!

Sometimes you can find card readers in bargain bins at drug stores and
the like...

montana wildhack spoke these words of wisdom
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On 2009-01-28 12:18:42 -0500, diddy none said:

I have a very cute picture of the dog's snowy faces, but can't get my
computer to see my camera.

Two adult and two fuzzy puppy snow snouts must equal exquisite adorable!

Sometimes you can find card readers in bargain bins at drug stores and
the like...



I updated my bus drivers and now my computer can't find it's bus ports

(Melinda Shore) wrote in
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But she's definitely not feeling great - when we go out
she'll stop every couple of hundred yards or so and squat,
so we haven't been going out that much.

Aw. That's no fun for anyone. I assume they're going to do/have
done a culture? Hopefully, they'll find an antibiotic that'll
killerate it thoroughly.

The dogs definitely don't want to stay inside during the
cold snaps, and the snow is a big bonus for them. When a
bunch of them are out together they all come in with snow on
their faces.

I miss Snow Face! Elliott would snowplow through it, which was
hugely entertaining. And then he would periodically just plop down
in a mound of snow, so that he completely disappeared under it.
Harriet just kind of bounces along on top (or tries to, anyway),
which is also entertaining, but not as much as watching dogs who
really *love* the snow.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

"sionnach" wrote in
:

Cenau and Brenin say to tell her that at least she isn't having
her feet slip out from under...

BTDT. Harriet is all Grim Business when the ground is icy. It makes
me cringe, because I worry about her pulling or tearing something when
her feet go out from under her.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

In article ,
Shelly wrote:
Aw. That's no fun for anyone. I assume they're going to do/have
done a culture? Hopefully, they'll find an antibiotic that'll
killerate it thoroughly.

If the Baytril doesn't work she's going to look for stones,
then a culture would be the next step.

but not as much as watching dogs who
really *love* the snow.

Even Image had a brief cavort, then she looked around to
make sure nobody saw her do it.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

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