I wish I was furry like an Akita/Shikoku/Kai/CO
It is 8 degrees outside right now, Luytiy, Kona, Loa, and Kahuna are out there rolling around and playing - taking naps - being silly - totally unfazed by the cold.
I have to walk 20 feet to get fire wood and I have to put on a jacket and a hat!
I wish I was furry like them!
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I have to walk 20 feet to get fire wood and I have to put on a jacket and a hat!
I wish I was furry like them!
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Comments
Amber - Has Kansas been kinda warm this year so far? NM has, I hope it doesn't mean less snow.
Jessica - I would love to be a yeti! [I think]
Dave - Good points. I could always shave tho, right?
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And Brad, Akita fur is a lot to ask a Norelco to handle. I think you'd need to be sheered. :)
Us Floridians are NOT use to cold. lol
Fur would be nice right now. It sucks when you have short hair too :x ~
You'd be less willing to be furry when grooming and in Summer :-)
Ouch, 8ºF is a bit under "comfortable"...
Erika - that would be around -6ºF, and that's a lot under "comfortable"...
I could tease and say that we are at 14ºC (57ºF) here but I won't do that...
Harlow, do you work for Raytheon/doing some research at the Pole? Or are you taking a pleasure cruise? I decided not to go to the Pole as medical staff because you can't take non-native species onto the continent and I didn't want to leave the shibas for 5-6 months for their "summer", which was often as warm as a spring day in Helena (who says there's no such thing as global warming).
Brad, get pregnant for winters, you will stay warm!
Ice fishing, anyone?
Yep. The dogs are finally comfortable and it's about 26 degrees during our crack of dawn walks.
Here is a photo of my CO friend Xena. She is 11 years old in this picture.
When the Laiki lived in New Hampshire, they would sleep outside unless it was wet or windy. There would be these little lumps of snow that would start to move if you headed towards the barn and a Laika would be curled up in each one.
Last winter we spent a month of December in Wisconsin. The dogs were in heaven. Guska actually went swimming! Daft animal saw some ducks and went crashing through the ice. He had to work hard to get back to shore and we were some miles from the house. I just brushed his coat out with snow and told him to keep moving! He was fine. By the time we got home, his outer guard hairs were icey but he was completely dry. Their coats are incredible.
Brad - sorry this is a little late! It has been atypically warm for us, though nothing record breaking. I'm used to at least one or more snows (or a good ice storm) by now. Today I spent the day in a hoodie, and even got a little warm walking around the park - that's rare for November.
Bev - One of my friends is from Minnesota. However, she is ALWAYS the one complaining about the cold HERE!! I'm not sure I like the cold quite that much, though I've been up that way for work and LOVED the people and the scenery!
Amber: Funny thing about those Minne"snow""tans" who transplant themselves to (perceived) warmer states. As an adult, my younger sister has lived in Ark, Fla, and now Texas for several years. She has found opportunity to complain about the cold in all those places, and seems to never be able to have it warm enough when she comes back to Mn to visit. Then of course, part of her complaint list is the hyper-air conditioning in use, esp. in Fla and Texas through the summer. She told me when in Fla, during her breaks and lunch, she used to go sit in her car that had been baking in the parking lot of the bank where she worked, just so she could warm up... lol.
At least winter is here. Surprising Lynx doesn't mind so much, but Shoushuu hates the rain! He is such a house dog, lol.