Thursday, February 3, 2011

YUCK!

  I do appreciate a fresh snowfall (especially if all my loved ones are home safe) and enjoy letting the dogs play for moments like this:


  But now, it's a week later.  A week of melting, more snow, some ice, some rain and re-freezing.  We've had just enough melting to make muddy paths in the runs but not enough melting to get rid of all the snow.  Cleaning kennels has become a horrible chore.  Each day brings a different surface to walk on.  This morning, some of the runs had pretty solid sheets of ice, usually where a slope is, of course.  In all of the kennels, I have to chip the poop loose.  The bags fill up rapidly as I'm scooping ice and gravel, too.
  Ben and Sophie are pretty content to sleep their days away inside.  Even though we've had milder days, there's too much snow left on the ground for them to be in a yard for too much time.  They don't seem to enjoy navigating across the frozen paths.
  Gibson, Sadie and Lauren seem to ask every morning for another play session like last week but it's either too frozen or too slushy in the play yard.
  I know it's only the beginning of February and that spring will get her, but I want it to HURRY UP!
 

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