Dog Friends

Does your pup have a best-dog-friend?  Winnie did.  A Golden Retriever named Miguel.  Last Fall he moved to Texas and boy are we missing him.  (And his family, of course.  :-)  Field trips to the dog park and hikes just aren't as fun without this boy.  But here's the thing... I found that not only did having a steady dog-date for outings make me more consistent with taking Winnie out and about but Winnie picked up a lot of good behaviour from Miguel.  For instance, Winnie can be shy about getting in and out of cars... if Miguel were still here I'm sure she would just follow him right into the back seat without a problem. 

Have your dogs picked up anything from their dog friends?  Good, Bad, Ugly?  :-)  Anyway, here are some Winter Romp shots of Winnie and Miguel before he left... Don't these two look like their having a blast?

We're coming!  We're coming!

Wait!  What was THAT?  Shhhh... Oh, it's just a cross-country skier. 

There's nothing like a good run with your pal. 

The Corgi Didn't See It's Shadow

... so this must mean Spring will come faster, right?  Well, you couldn't tell it today! 

Michigan, like MOST of the mid-west is getting bombarded by snow.  Personally, we've gotten 10 inches overnight and its still coming down.  I wanted to take some photos of my shadow-less corgi (corgis are about the size of groundhogs, right?) but there was no way I was heading out there in that blizzard just yet.  So, I body slammed our back door to get it open against the drift that had accumulated and let the pooch out to fend for herself.  Here is a clip I took from the window.  :-) 

After she got back inside (which didn't take very long) this is what I saw...

This is bad news for a shorty. 

Poor kid.  More updates to come.  :-)