Sookie is special. Currently she is curled up on the couch obsessively licking herself (an apparent neurotic doberman trait). Yesterday and Today were trying for her. She has been mixed with excitment and neurosis that goes beyond her normal little mix of crazy. She will stop in front of me and bark her insessant high pitch bark but as soon as I go to take her out she realized her mistake and runs off to pretend to sleep. Ah snow storms stirring a mix of a emotion in the already overly stimulated puppy.
Yesterday when it started to snow I got her out of the house as quickly as possible to give her one last chance to go to the bathroom undisturbed by piles of white flullyness. She obliged but knew then her time was limited. It's interesting to watch her in this weather. She has an utterly adorable sense of curiousity mixed with extreme terror. It's really cute.
Today was tougher as the weather this morning was truly bad. Her normal urge to stick her head into the wind was certainly crushed by the bitter cold and wet that came with it. She hopped around trying to keep her body from touching any snow as she quickly tried to find places with less snow to do her business. Each time it was just taking to long before her little body started to shiver as the cold and wet set in. I feel bad for her; however I have tried to placate the dog with boots and sweaters time and time again and she just refuses to wear them. So instead Sookie suffers through the weather. She takes quick trips to pee outside while holding her poop and instead gassing up the house. God I want the snow gone for both our sakes. Every time I get up and go to the door she has this look of utter panic. Only superseded by her look of utter excitement as she watches the neighbors out the window dealing with the utter mess of white clogging up the neighborhood. Sookie is odd, but sookie is also going to have a long long winter if she doesn't get over it. I
Monday, December 27, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
NOT a Snow Dog.
Sookie would be most happy in a mild climate. I think she is meant to be a beach dog; however Sookie lives in Connecticut. So instead she gets humidity and snow. Like me she seems to thoroughly dislike both. I always feel like I have to remind everyone that I love this dog before I start complaining about her, but again I love her. She makes every day an adventure!
It snowed on Monday night which started an epidemic for this dog. I tried to take her out to go to the bathroom on Monday night. There was already a little snow on the ground and even getting the dog out of the house was a bit of a challenge. I managed to get the dog outside without carrying her or dragging her so it felt like a victory already! We walked around the yard a bit and it really seemed like she was going to go. She started to get down into squat formation and slowly lowered her butt to the ground, as soon as she felt the slightest bit of cold she decided she didn't need to go anymore popped up and ran us both into the house. I got up the next morning brought her outside thinking for sure she would go even in the snow as she hadn't been since around 5pm the previous day. Again she walked began to squat and decided peeing was not worth the cold in such close proximity to her private area. So we went back inside. I went to work and proceeded to pontificate on the state of the doggie bathroom affairs. I worried myself silly that the neurotic pup would add to her already long list of issues by giving herself an infection. So I rushed home at lunch as soon as I could to get the dog outside hoping that she didn't have an accident in the crate. (she hates those almost as much as I do!) She hadn't gone so I rushed her outside and finally the urge was to much and she went. Phew disaster averted. Sort of. So Tuesday night she refuse to go. She wakes me up at 2am drags me outside quickly goes and runs back in the house to bed. Refuses to go when I get up for work and then refuses at lunch. Refuses before bed and then gets me up at midnight last night. Again doesn't go this morning but did go at lunch. Ok I am sure everyone is like I don't care about your dogs bathroom habits. I get it I get it, but I am exhausted annoyed that its cold outside and feeling really gross myself now. I get it. It's cold. I personally wouldn't want to be squatting outside in the snow either. Seriously if I were her I probably would have gone in the garage or anywhere else but the snowy ground. This only proves that the dog is better behaved and more of a lady than myself (another reason I love her!).
So anyway. This was a pretty mild snow I can only imagine the winter is going to get worse for us both....any suggestions?
It snowed on Monday night which started an epidemic for this dog. I tried to take her out to go to the bathroom on Monday night. There was already a little snow on the ground and even getting the dog out of the house was a bit of a challenge. I managed to get the dog outside without carrying her or dragging her so it felt like a victory already! We walked around the yard a bit and it really seemed like she was going to go. She started to get down into squat formation and slowly lowered her butt to the ground, as soon as she felt the slightest bit of cold she decided she didn't need to go anymore popped up and ran us both into the house. I got up the next morning brought her outside thinking for sure she would go even in the snow as she hadn't been since around 5pm the previous day. Again she walked began to squat and decided peeing was not worth the cold in such close proximity to her private area. So we went back inside. I went to work and proceeded to pontificate on the state of the doggie bathroom affairs. I worried myself silly that the neurotic pup would add to her already long list of issues by giving herself an infection. So I rushed home at lunch as soon as I could to get the dog outside hoping that she didn't have an accident in the crate. (she hates those almost as much as I do!) She hadn't gone so I rushed her outside and finally the urge was to much and she went. Phew disaster averted. Sort of. So Tuesday night she refuse to go. She wakes me up at 2am drags me outside quickly goes and runs back in the house to bed. Refuses to go when I get up for work and then refuses at lunch. Refuses before bed and then gets me up at midnight last night. Again doesn't go this morning but did go at lunch. Ok I am sure everyone is like I don't care about your dogs bathroom habits. I get it I get it, but I am exhausted annoyed that its cold outside and feeling really gross myself now. I get it. It's cold. I personally wouldn't want to be squatting outside in the snow either. Seriously if I were her I probably would have gone in the garage or anywhere else but the snowy ground. This only proves that the dog is better behaved and more of a lady than myself (another reason I love her!).
So anyway. This was a pretty mild snow I can only imagine the winter is going to get worse for us both....any suggestions?
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