Saturday, October 29, 2011
We Have Touchdown!
At about 11pm I decided to look out the window yet again, (about the 30th time this evening), and what did I see?
Snow!
Beautiful snow!
It had just started but I was excited. I get to show the hoodlums snow! I grabbed my shoes, grabbed my camera and told the hoodlums, “C’mon! Snow!”
They don’t yet know this foreign word but they could tell something big was going down so they were up for it. They practically slid down the stairs in the excitement they caught from me. We bolted to the door, I flung it open, flipped the back yard light switch on and slammed open the screen door.
They bolted and then eeeeeerrrrrrrrcccccccchhhhh!
“WHA????”
They were confused.
They looked at the ground, they looked at the sky. They looked back down to the ground and then gawked up in to the sky. They did not understand! I closed the screen door on them while I got my camera ready and they wanted to come back in, too.
No, little dogs, you are going to enjoy your first snow.
Went back out with them and started snapping photos. They were far too interested in the ground and sky to bother posing for me but I did get a couple of shots with them looking at the camera. These were all done in a big, fat hurry so their eyes are reflecting but I wanted to capture their first moments in the snow. I didn’t get to capture the ground/sky/ground/sky confusion but wanted everything else.
Here are photos for tonight and when day comes, I’m going to take them back out, there should be more snow by then as well, and let them out in to the big backyard to run and explore. We’ll see how they do in the snow. Forecast says we are to get anywhere from 6-12”. See how their feet do in this. I got them boots just in case because they are Miami dogs, they have never seen snow. I think they like the cold because they are far more active the more cold it gets but I’ve heard from locals that some dogs paws need to be protected either with wax or boots. For me, boots are easier so they got them. They aren’t extravagant but they’ll keep warm and dry, which is the point.
Anyway, for now, here’s the hoodlums in their very first snow, October 29, 2011 at about 11:10pm:
I should sleep but I’m too wound up to sleep. Tomorrow should be really cool with decent amount of snow covering and the hoodlums playing in it like idiots. So much better than hot, stifling, humid, mosquito laden, gator infested South Florida.
Update When daylight came, I took the hoodlums out again to play. They got to play outside extra long today because they were loving the snow and I didn’t have any internet or tv for awhile. Our power went out at some point in the night but it didn’t affect me since I was sleeping. But the internet and tv...that was a bother. Finally got that back on around 1pm. Right when I had got all set up to do something else. Naturally.
Anyway, here’s what it looked like, untouched:
And, here’s the hoodlums today:
They had a blast. I threw snowballs at them. I threw snowballs for them and it was hilarious to watch them try to find those in all the snow. They chased each other around for a long time. They are much more active the colder it is so moving out of Miami was definitely a good move, (for many, many other reasons as well), and I didn’t see them shiver at all. I did get them boots and after about 30 minutes or so of them running around, I put the boots on them just to see how they would walk in them. I have tested them in the house but not the snow. They did pretty good but they are more for when we are walking, not when they are tearing around the yard like morons. The boots fell off after awhile of them sprinting and jumping and flinging themselves everywhere. I bought them for when we go on hikes. In the national parks here, (the ones that allow them), they have to be on leash and can’t be running around so the boots should benefit them at those times. But for the backyard, I’ll just bring them in when they get cold. IF they get cold.
