It started snowing Saturday night and didn’t stop until early Monday morning. It was warm enough, though, that much of it melted as it fell. Plus, I took these pictures late Monday afternoon, so a lot was already gone. But, it means it’s time to adjust my dog management plan for winter. Otherwise, these two knuckleheads are going to drive me batty.
I don’t really mind the snow, but Tom was traveling last weekend, so I was a single dog mom for a couple days. That’s also OK, except when everyone is cooped up due to snow. I did bundle up a couple times and venture out into the snow and wind to play with the dogs, but I don’t last as long as they do in the cold.
One of the old farmer dude neighbors always chastises me that there is no cold weather, just cold clothes. So, I try to gird myself for the weather and let the pups burn off some energy.
Lilly, in particular, turns into a wild jackrabbit of a dog in the cold weather. She races around at top speed, daring Ginko to take up the chase. When he does, she gets so excited that all the hair on her neck and butt stands on end. It’s very funny.
Tom had the camera with him over the weekend, during the worst of the snow, but here are a few I shot on Monday afternoon.
This photo shows them just before an explosion of wrestling and chase.
Then comes a good wriggle by Ginko. Lilly just waits for him to finish so that she can instigate another game of chase. Sometimes I think he’s trying to self-handicap so that she can play top dog for a while.
When that doesn’t work, she grabs whatever she can find to entice me to play. Yesterday it was a dried up sunflower. Of course, when I tried to take a photo of her, then she would not play with it. BUT, before the camera came out … she pranced around with it in her mouth until I threw it for fetch several times.
It makes me wonder why I bother with toys. Often, Lilly’s play item of choice is something she finds in the pasture.
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