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Though I live in New York's Hudson Valley, which gets a fair amount of snow each winter - I hate snow. I must have been a bear in another life. My idea about snow is it is something to be admired - from a distance. Perhaps only in a photograph. We have two dogs, an elderly German Shepherd who no longer finds going outside to do his bizness in snow a fun playtime. He did when he was a pup. He is now 14, with arthritis. When I open the door for him he looks mournful, rolls his eyes with an air of resignation, and plows out into the cold stuff.
Our younger dog, is a pit bull. A joyous pittie. She leaps into the air, attacks the snow, rolls in it - then chases madly across the yard barking at stray squirrels or birds. I have to stand by the door shivering until she finally comes in, sometimes having forgotten to "do the do."
We also have a visiting pooch - who is a tiny Miniature Pinscher. She has booties and a sweater to handle winter weather. She is dainty. And picky. This morning she followed the other two out the door and was immediately covered from head to toe in a snow drift. She was drowning in it. She screeched, struggled out, and flew back in the door between my legs and ran over to the carpet and peed.
She then looked at me as if to say, "that's what you get for inflicting that murder attempt on me."
I understood her. I wasn't going out there so why should she?
I got some carpet cleaner out, and mopped up the mess. Poured myself a cup of coffee and gave her a dog treat. Two snow haters together.
By Denise Oliver Velez
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