It's true that we are in the middle of a long, cold winter, one that in all of our 5-plus (or 3-plus) years, we have never seen. While we're happy that the snow is on the outside and we are on the inside, we still have to take that long, treacherous walk to an area that our mama and someone else cleared out for us so that we can walk around.
Oh, sure, Izzi is often tempted to explore beyond the walls of this small area, but she's found that the height is a barrier that she's just not comfortable surmounting.
The two of us have had conversations about digging a series of tunnels around the back yard, and we're pretty confident that we can create a maze of loops and dead ends and other tricks that would ensure that if we were to lose ourselves in this underground play area that we would be left alone for weeks and weeks. But, we also realize that (a) there's the chance that there would be a cave-in of the tunnels, and we know that that might be a problem and (b) if we were to go into hiding in the tunnels, that we might not get a yummy dinner and so we'd end up coming back into the house anyway. Still, we are holding out the idea that if we're really bored some day, the digging could begin. Not to digress, but we do have pretty full days, when you consider the amount of napping and rolling around on the carpet that we have to fit into only 10 or 15 hours. There is so little time to do even that, that to add to it would probably not be wise.
Anyway, the weather has been very snowy for us and yet we've been lucky that we haven't had to go outside and dig the snow out or anything like that. But, we feel that we should be pitching in and so we both (but Izzi mostly) try to dig as often as we can. We find that the consistency of the duvet/comforter on the bed lends itself to minute after minute of good digging; the new sofa somewhat less. The important thing, though, is that we are showing our support as we all try to make it through this snow and prepare for those lovely spring days, when we can run around the back yard, chasing each other and our tails and the occasional leaf.
But, until then, we have to do what we can to make it through the cold and snow. Now, for the most part, the main impact of both is that there are now these shiny lines that come down from above us when we sit in our window, trying to protect our family from strangers, other dogs, and also strangers (who we are so alert to we mentioned them twice).
We cannot see as much of the surrounding neighborhood as we would like, due to these visual barriers, but we still do what we can to pay attention to those people and dogs that are walking anywhere near our house, and alerting our family to their presence. When one of them came to our home a few weeks ago to put some new colors on the walls of some of the rooms (which, we would like to add, no one asked us about because if they did we would have gone with a shade that was more like us: grey), we attacked and attacked and attacked, and we think we did an awesome job, even though he walked in and laughed at us. But, we're always paying attention.
And, the other thing is that we're colder than we usually are. Our mama is always telling us that it's cold outside and we should get our little bodies (even though that's only 50% true) in the house beore we get cold, but she forgets that we have our coats on (and some of us have a layer of insulation underneath those coats).
But, we still do get cold and in fact were so cold this morning that we had to double up. Usually, we leave each other alone when it comes to napping, but this morning, neither one of us were warm enough to enjoy a nap, so we decided to share Rozi's bed.
By which we mean that Izzi decided to come into Rozi's bed and Rozi was had to move to the back. It was like a sleepover, only without pajamas.
And, now we'll go back to sitting in front of our window, hoping that the weather gets warmer and that we can go back to taking our naps by ourselves.
Arf, Arf, Yip, Arf
Izzi & Rozi
The two of us have had conversations about digging a series of tunnels around the back yard, and we're pretty confident that we can create a maze of loops and dead ends and other tricks that would ensure that if we were to lose ourselves in this underground play area that we would be left alone for weeks and weeks. But, we also realize that (a) there's the chance that there would be a cave-in of the tunnels, and we know that that might be a problem and (b) if we were to go into hiding in the tunnels, that we might not get a yummy dinner and so we'd end up coming back into the house anyway. Still, we are holding out the idea that if we're really bored some day, the digging could begin. Not to digress, but we do have pretty full days, when you consider the amount of napping and rolling around on the carpet that we have to fit into only 10 or 15 hours. There is so little time to do even that, that to add to it would probably not be wise.
Anyway, the weather has been very snowy for us and yet we've been lucky that we haven't had to go outside and dig the snow out or anything like that. But, we feel that we should be pitching in and so we both (but Izzi mostly) try to dig as often as we can. We find that the consistency of the duvet/comforter on the bed lends itself to minute after minute of good digging; the new sofa somewhat less. The important thing, though, is that we are showing our support as we all try to make it through this snow and prepare for those lovely spring days, when we can run around the back yard, chasing each other and our tails and the occasional leaf.
But, until then, we have to do what we can to make it through the cold and snow. Now, for the most part, the main impact of both is that there are now these shiny lines that come down from above us when we sit in our window, trying to protect our family from strangers, other dogs, and also strangers (who we are so alert to we mentioned them twice).
And, the other thing is that we're colder than we usually are. Our mama is always telling us that it's cold outside and we should get our little bodies (even though that's only 50% true) in the house beore we get cold, but she forgets that we have our coats on (and some of us have a layer of insulation underneath those coats).
But, we still do get cold and in fact were so cold this morning that we had to double up. Usually, we leave each other alone when it comes to napping, but this morning, neither one of us were warm enough to enjoy a nap, so we decided to share Rozi's bed.
And, now we'll go back to sitting in front of our window, hoping that the weather gets warmer and that we can go back to taking our naps by ourselves.
Arf, Arf, Yip, Arf
Izzi & Rozi
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