First Snow
We got our first real snow for the season yesterday. It also coincided with the first real snow storm of the season, as well as the first "oh shit, I've forgotten how to drive in snow" day for many of Pembroke's residents. Luckily, Dexter and I finished running our errands before the roads got messy and the people all went crazy, so we were able to enjoy the snow for what it was: cold edible powder that's a lot of fun to pounce on.
I don't know what it is about snow that makes dogs go all wacky. My very first dog, Prinz, the world's greatest dog ever*, was absolutely snow crazy. Even when he was 14 years old, and arthritis was slowing him down, the snow still made him run around and act like a puppy. Without fail, winter rejuvenated him. I can tell that Dexter is going to be the same way. He's too short to see out of any of our windows, so he couldn't actually see the snow falling or accumulating. But somehow he could sense it. He knew, before we even got to the door, that when we got outside something special was waiting for him.
He had an absolute ball, chasing his frisbee in the snow, and snapping at the snow that I tossed up in the air. Snow in winter and the hose in summer are the only two things that will always elicit some sort of vocalization from him. He was yipping, and snapping, and grunting, and pouncing, and sneezing when it got up his nose. And he will carry on in this manner every day there's snow on the ground, from now until sometime in April.
*Dexter is a great dog, but he knows that Prinz will always be my first true love. Capt Mike is also okay with this fact.
Comments
Max used to be the same way. He used to like burying his head in the snow and "shoveling" it up with his nose. He'd come up with this big blob of white powdery stuff on his nose and then he'd shake his head all over. He used to love to chase snowballs too. Dogs are so much fun to watch in the snow :-)
Posted by: heather at December 4, 2006 12:40 AM