I stumled out of bed for a bathroom break and boy was it cold! I checked the time and it was too early to get up - wasn’t it? So I crawled back into bed and cocooned myself into the blankets. Then I heard a soft whine - Sweetpea needed help getting on the bed - she had gone outside to potty through the back doggie door. I helped her into her spot and closed my eyes - but she  shivering!  It must really be  cold outside if she is that cold. There was nothing else to do but undo my lovely nest of blankets and invite her in under the covers. She was COLD, an icicle cuddling up in my arms - all my body heat diappeared.   Where was my furry hot water bottle? Cold nose, cold feet cold little body - I am shivering as I remember. Poor Sweetpea - she will need a winter jacket to keep warm when she goes outside in the early morning! Spring is a long way off.
   Most of the dogs are outside watching Dave saw wood for the stove. A friend dragged a full lenght dry pine into our driveway and Dave is cutting into lenghts for the stove. The dogs watch him all the while he is outside - dogging his every movement. They enjoy watching anyone doing chores - it is something interesting in their lives. And who knows it might end up with treats happening. Dogs like to be with their people. They like to be included in our daily lives. They are intelligent, observant, willing creatures who desperately want to be a part of their pack or family. Isolation is the worst kind of punishment for these social animals. One of the many reasons why we won’t send our dogs as outside only pets. How can they be pets if left outside while their family is warm inside watching TV together without the "family" pet?
  

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