Winter Willing
Folks, winter is on the way. Just two weeks ago, we were all sitting around in our un-air-conditioned house about to melt. The heat was ever-present, reaching 90 at our abode during midday. Bringing a newf into worst possible thermal environment at that time was doubly challenging, since she needed to
a) go out and do her business a lot
b) sit in water all the time
c) have a cooler place than the main floor for her crate
There were a couple days where I took to hiding in the basement (where it is, bar none, always cool) with the dogs and hoping that there wouldn’t be an accident.
Today, however, we have swung fully the other direction, and the mountains have demonstrated their orographic prowess. The temperature today, at 1pm? 42F. Right now? 37F. We had at least two hailstorms today, and the rest of the time was a “wintry mix” of rain and icy slush. The slush that accumulated on our front porch at around lunchtime is, for the most part, still there!
Needless to say, Zamba is in heaven. She can lie on our bed without moving around constantly. She found the slushy ice after a couple of hints and now insists upon pouncing on it at every visit to the “potty.” (Alas, today there have been quite a lot of potty visitation attempts with somewhat underwhelming production ratios.)
Trying to get Caden to “do the potty” visit while with us the weekend but not yet successful ..what’s the trick?
August 16th, 2008 at 7:23 amAs for Zamba’s multiple but unproductive trips outside, ask your wife about the chocolate chip bribe when she was 2 years old
Sounds like Zamba and Kathy are both quick learners — it’s the trainers who are slow!
August 16th, 2008 at 11:33 am