Showing posts with label sled dog. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Pulling like a sled dog

LADY DURING ONE OF HER LONG-HAIR PERIODS

My dog Lady looks like a sled dog, and she's always liked to pull like one.

 She's gotten a little slower and weaker as her age (13 next month) is catching up with her. But she still loves to pull.

 I often get her to "help" me pull the trash barrel to the curb. I'll grab her leash in my left hand and hold the barrel handle with the same hand. Sometimes she'll lose concentration and wander off to the side; then I'll have to get her on-track again.

Sometimes, she's no help at all. Other times, she'll pull mightily.

 One time in the last year, I had a full and heavy barrel, and it was beginning to slide back to an upright position. Lady looked back, then turned to the front and suddenly surged forward. Without her help, I would have had to start again.

 The year we got her (2002), she was a 33-pound youngster. We were walking up our inclined front yard in the snow, and I was struggling. She pulled so mightily that it felt like there was a little tractor in front of me.

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Lady was a playing-in-the-snow kind of dog

LADY SNIFFS AROUND IN FRESH SNOW.
Lady was maybe two years old when we got her in 2002, and we soon had a snow storm. I let Lady out in the backyard and looked out the window.

I was amazed at Lady's antics.

If you look out our kitchen window, our yard has an obvious slope from upper left to lower right. Lady went to the top, got a running start and slid on her butt to the bottom. After "crashing" into the fence to my right, she jumped up, shook herself off and ran to the top of the slope. Then she did it again and again.

Later, she charged through the basement door, beaming with happiness and sopping wet. I took her into the bathroom and toweled her off. Then she found a corner and curled up for a well-earned nap; maybe she dreamt of snow.

Lady looks like a sled dog (see above photo), and it's obvious she's a snow dog.

P.S.: We had snow last night, but Lady didn't get to play in it. Most of the snow was melted by morning, and the ground was soggy. I wasn't going to let her play in the mud.

P.P.S.: We had ice yesterday, but I haven't let Lady out in it. It's still icy today, and she hasn't seemed interested.

P.P.S.: It snowed again last night (Feb. 2, 2013), and I'll probably take Lady out today. The roads are clean, but there's plenty of snow out there.

 P.P.S. (Feb. 12, 2014): We had a snow storm today, followed by sleet. I imagine Lady will want to go into the backyard tomorrow.

 P.P.S. (Feb. 22, 2015): We've had snow on the ground the last four days, but I haven't been able to walk her in it.

 NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016.

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