Smokeycat
Well-Known Member
Why must dogs be dogs?
It was warmer today then it has been all week, still below freezing though, so I decided to take the dogs down to the off leash to wear off some of their pent up energy. The off leash is next to a river and as we were walking past it Jiggers started asking for a drink. There was water right next to the bank so I told him it was ok. Normally he would just go to the water and drink and that's what it looked like he would do today. Of course if he had I wouldn't be commenting on it. Today just before he started to drink he looked up at me, walked into the river, laid down and then started to drink. When I asked him what he was doing he looked up at me and smiled then went back to drinking. At this point in the walk we are about a 1/2 mile away from the car so guess what happened. Yep all of his feathering froze so everything from his belly down plus his tail had a thin layer of ice. A couple of minutes later he starts to complain about ice in his paws, shocking I know. It's definitely time to go. We get back to the car and Jiggers hops right in, he's cold and wants to leave. Kryten puts his front feet up and then decides that 'no I don't want to leave yet'. I noticed that he was about reverse his direction so now I'm standing directly behind him so that he can only go forwards not back or to the side. 10 minutes later he gives up and climbs into the car. By the time we got home Jiggers had melted and there was a puddle in the back of the car. There are times when I question my sanity in wanting 2 dogs let alone 1 that is incredibly smart and 1 that can be super stubborn.
It was warmer today then it has been all week, still below freezing though, so I decided to take the dogs down to the off leash to wear off some of their pent up energy. The off leash is next to a river and as we were walking past it Jiggers started asking for a drink. There was water right next to the bank so I told him it was ok. Normally he would just go to the water and drink and that's what it looked like he would do today. Of course if he had I wouldn't be commenting on it. Today just before he started to drink he looked up at me, walked into the river, laid down and then started to drink. When I asked him what he was doing he looked up at me and smiled then went back to drinking. At this point in the walk we are about a 1/2 mile away from the car so guess what happened. Yep all of his feathering froze so everything from his belly down plus his tail had a thin layer of ice. A couple of minutes later he starts to complain about ice in his paws, shocking I know. It's definitely time to go. We get back to the car and Jiggers hops right in, he's cold and wants to leave. Kryten puts his front feet up and then decides that 'no I don't want to leave yet'. I noticed that he was about reverse his direction so now I'm standing directly behind him so that he can only go forwards not back or to the side. 10 minutes later he gives up and climbs into the car. By the time we got home Jiggers had melted and there was a puddle in the back of the car. There are times when I question my sanity in wanting 2 dogs let alone 1 that is incredibly smart and 1 that can be super stubborn.
