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MONDAY 15th Feb: Stormy


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Tara:

Amazing walk today!  Wet and wild and bouncy.  We went twice round the big lake and I saw sleet and stuff.  It was very exciting.  The photos won't show nearly how exciting it was.  And we got SOAKED to the skin and it was FUN.  And there was mud and EVERYTHING.

 

Cato:

It started out lovely and sunny, although there was a really cold wind.  And neither of us had fancied much breakfast.

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But half way round, the cloud came in, and Mum and Dad were scuttling as fast as their huge human feet could blunder, and we got rain and hail, and Dad didn't have his Xmas hat, or gloves, and Mum put her hood up (that only happens when she thinks the sky is going to fall on her), and Tara was too bouncy to even notice, so she was bouncing on me in the rain, and I got wetter and wetter.  But have you ever noticed how the sniffs change when it rains.  Fascinating.

So this is one side of the sky (just after the big cloud had gone over):

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And this is the other side of the sky at the same time  (the cloud that had just widdled rain and pooped hail on us).

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So the sun came out again, and Tara didn't notice, and we paddled in some fresh mud:

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And looked at ducks:

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Wish Donte and Lacey had been with us.  We would have had duck for tea, wouldn't we?

And Mum had a sit down, and Tara was a pest.  Mum's leg was hurting.  She says she isn't very aerogynamic like dogs are, but she was fine after the cramp had gone.

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Tara got up on that rock all by herself.  Twice.  and put muddy footprints on Mum's back!

And then they decided that the sky looked great, and we were all wet and not-tired, and we might as well go round again.

But more clouds came in, so fast that we couldn't do anything.  And there was no shelter, and I got too cold.

Can you see the hail poops?  It was bouncing off the ground and hitting us from every direction, and the path was like walking in a puddle.  And notice the blue sky and sunlight in the distance.  Weird, eh?

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And this is us at the car, after it had stopped.  The mud on my back is because Tara kept rolling me in the mud.

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Mum:

So, when we got home after that little lunchtime adventure, I had to get straight back to the computer, so Dad (who is on 3 days off) gave them a good wipe over with a towel, and set them near a radiator to dry.  They are being groomed in 3 days, so a bath was not an option.

They took a very long time to dry off - 8+ hours!  which just goes to show how wet they had got.  And I should have blow dried them, really.  But they were warm throughout, and slept.  Cato was rather subdued all evening, so I think he found it a bit stressful to be bombarded with hail, while being attacked on all sides by her, but they are both fine now.  All the mud has now been brushed out and hoovered up. lol.

 

Sidney:

A duvet day.  The window was open for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, but I only went out once.  Then I waited until everyone was in bed, and scraped half my litter out of the tray and onto the bathroom floor.

Well, they didn't give me any bones today, so I had to make do.

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Summerangel

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Oh my goodness me... 

Look at all that MUD!! Lol... Mum wouldn't of been allowed us to go in it... Too dirty she would of said.. I've got to bath them, she would of said... 

Wow, a cloud that waddled rain and pooped hailed on you... You must of been terrified .. 

Mummy would of had a heart attack watching you get so close to the water... In facet my Mummy would of turned adher back to you, because she wouldn't of been able to watch you so close- you are so brave. 

I think we need to have a word with our Mummy and explain that we are really doggies... And we can get dirty...:D I think she needs to toughen up more, she's such a lightweight...  :roflmao: 

you are so lucky to have a duvet day Sidney :D 

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Missysmom

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Wow what a storm, gorgeous pictures you got catching it! Can almost feel that mud squishing over here! :) 

oh you guys are soooo brave being out not only in the rain but hail!:o our snow turned into sleet late yesterday and that's when my play time ended- I won't go out in rain or sleet, only in snow! So now I stay on the porch and just watch it. It's raining today and I just whined at it, I don't like it at all! But I Love your ducks I'd sure like to see some of those, I'd want to play with them but they'd Have to come outta that water!! ;)  :throb:Missy

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Yes, but maybe you are the good, careful, clean Mommies, and I am the harsh, heartless, dirty, neglectful Mum?  Sometimes, when I see their dirty feet and muddy knickers my heart sinks.

And then it sinks even further when I see the filth transfer into the boot of the car!  But then I remember their joyous little faces as they sploosh about in the puddles.  And remember all those holidays in Cornwall as a child, when a dog wasn't a dog unless it was in and out of the sea (or the seaweed beds, or the blackberry bushes on the cliff paths), 50x a day...

Maybe there is a happy medium somewhere?  But I sure don't claim to have found it! :roflmao:

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Missysmom

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I have to admit I Love walking in the rain, snow, whatever myself! And I Loved seeing our Shepards out playing in the rain, what fun it was out with them and playing around to dry them afterwards!

I look forward to the day, I Know deep in my heart there will be a day, when Missy will go out in it. Nothing has made me happier than the couple of times that it's started misting on us on our walk and she 'survived'! ;) 

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Sophie's Haven

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Tara and Cato

What fun........I can feel the mud oozing between my pads.........What fun. My Mom is like the other Moms it would have been the showers for us as soon as we enter the door. They just need to chill. At least it is nice that someone can have a good time in the MUD as I barked to my Mom, her comment back was you can enjoy all the fun by looking at the pictures. That is the best it is going to get here.......so THANKS for sharing those pictures.......we can only dream.

Bailey

Note.....I speak for all of my siblings.......they would love it too!!!

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:o All that rain and hail, I would have been still shivering today. When I saw the picture of the wet Cato and Tara I laughed then thought...oh no now mom has got to give them a warm bath when they get home....Glad it all brushed out for you.

Snow tomarrow they say.....bundle up warm guys 

Sidney? Are you still playing up lad? Hehehehe I can see the kitty litter flying now.

 

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We support every dogs right to be a dog and have good dirty dog fun!  Of course then we scold the Big Guy for not toweling them off before they get in the car.

Shorty has one hoodie that I like - it's gray sweatshirt material and closes around his who belly.  Yes he still gets wet and dirty but not as much as if he was dragging his short Shorty self bare bellied.

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