So, we went out to play. Even Cooper seemed to enjoy it a bit. This used to be his favorite time of year but without that front leg I think he has some trouble getting around in the snow. It's slick-- he knows he can fall. He is cautious. Nevertheless he did a perimeter check and then came back to where I was standing with the camera. He still looks as dangerous as ever, black on white.
Conley and Llewis were out. Nigel had at this point refused to budge from his spot on the floor. We have radiant heat-- the pipes run through the concrete slab on which the house is built. The pipes are starting to break and we do have places where water dribbles up through cracks in the cement slab. But it means the floors are very warm. The tile in the bathroom gets so hot I cannot stand on it in my bare feet. So you can imagine how the dogs love it. They drag the beds to spots over the pipes. At night, this can be really tricky in the dark.
Then Conley found a ball. It rained yesterday and so the ball was frozen, but he tried to play with it anyway.
He proceeded to roll it around and try to pick it up. When it is squeezed it makes the sound of a roaring crowd and an announcer type voice yells about a home run. The dogs love it, especially Cooper.
But it wasn't a very co-operative toy.
And besides, Conley found out a bitter truth about little boys, frozen objects, and warm, wet tongues.
I do not think there is any mistaking that look.
Eventually, as usual, everything devolved into wrassling and thrashing around in the snow. Nigel wanted back in, but Llewis and Conley stuck it out a few more minutes.
And then it was over. Playtime ended. Too cold, too wet, and besides Cooper had gotten tired of watching and began to try to referee. Since it was early in the morning, I shushed him, and after a moment of watching, he came in, too.
And everyone is asleep now, on the couch, on the beds dragged over the pipes in the floor. Outside it is still snowing just a bit but nothing important, and the temperature, as I wrote this, dropped one degree.
Hope everyone who got zapped is warm and safe.
It's winter.
what a cool toy..ok so i would be annoying them with it instead of the other way around but still...
ReplyDeletei have radiant heating here too in the bedroom...it is called me & down blankies..wherever i am & the blankies is where the herd MUST be. a queen size bed...1 person & i sleep on like 3" of diagonal space...
wrong...sally has to cuddle by my face & then end up sleeping across the pillows, buster has my legs..lowla if she is on the bed will plant herself someplace...
good to see cooper outside...& poking around & supervising...a good sign...someone has to do it & it must be him...it is his job!
"and the crowd roared!...frozen tongue & all