[NAGDU] Montana snow

[Tami Jarvis]

Dar,

Yoiks! We have more snow and cold than usual, but not *that* much. I 
debated whether to have Loki cut as close as usual, and decided to do so 
since his coat grows so fast. If he needed to be out in the weather for 
long periods, I would have left the curls long or had poufs over his 
joints or some such. Until he gets more hair, though, I'm doing longish 
play sessions indoors throughout the day. I do not mind having an excuse 
not to go outside to play with him, honestly. He's old enough now that 
he isn't bouncing off the walls, at least.

I have a warm coat of Mitzi's that I got way too big for her, and it 
fits him just fine. There's no way her boots would fit him, though I do 
have some Musher's Secret to protect his pads if we spend much time 
walking out of doors. When his hair grows out some, I'm going to have to 
suck it up and do some snow/ice practice with him on some short jaunts, 
so I'll use Musher's Secret for those. Since I have my handy live-in 
driver, most of our jaunts will be in the nice, warm truck, using the 
dog to go from truck to door. I hate using the cane over snow and ice, 
as I remembered well running errands after leaving the guide dog at the 
groomer's. So I'm glad he's trained now for this winter. He's safety 
conscious and good about going around ice patches and finding curbs 
under the snow and all. He's finally filled out significantly, so maybe 
the wind won't pick him up and blow him around the way it did Mitzi? 
Guess we'll find out.

Take care and stay warm and safe while keeping your girl entertained.

Tami



On 12/16/2016 02:07 PM, d m gina via NAGDU wrote:
> We have 20 inches of snow,
> I stand in the door way letting her out to go where she wishes to go.
> I figure I can get out again when weather is better to pick up after her.
> Also we are to get wind chill minus 40 degrees.
> I don't know how to get her to go fast, she takes her sweet time.
> We are fine in the house no matter how board she gets.
> We play toys then I feel she needs to entertain herself just a bit
> chewing a bone and just relaxing.
> I don't let her go out every five minutes because she is board.
> Who ever asked for a white Christmas sure got one.
> We will have to get someone to get the snow blower over to get us out,
> then we can go places again.
> Safe at home is just rite for us.
> I don't have baby socks to put on her feet nor do I have boots her size.
> We will get threw this the best we know how, just wanted to share how
> much of everything we got.
> Plus sharing how we are getting threw it all.
> Playing and just relaxing.
>