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Ice storms make it hard to exercise a high energy dog!

I've been struggling to give both of my dogs their needed exercise today. We had an ice storm last night and it's been raining/freezing rain all day today - along with lots of fog as the temps warm up a bit. So, I've been doing multiple training sessions with both dogs all day but that's not enough.

Finally, I bundled up in my ski pants, hat, gloves, boots and fleece and took them both for an hour walk. Even that's not enough. That just got them riled up more!

So, now while I sit and try to relax after a long day spent cleaning and trying to entertain 2 dogs, all I get is an aussie grumbling at me as if to say "Come on, let's go out and RUN!" Have you ever heard an aussie grumble? It's pretty amusing but if you laugh, it just encourages it so you have to ignore. Then again, if you ignore, the grumbling turns in to a nose jab (usually to the face)

Geez oh man. I used to say that Neiko had an off button, but I think that off button only gets pushed after 2 hours of hard exercise every day ;p Who wouldn't have an off button after that?

Published Dec 02 2007, 06:57 PM by Jewlieee
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KarissaKS said:

I am going through the same problem with Luke right now.  We had about three to four inches of snow Saturday morning, followed by a couple inches of sleet that packed it all down and then a nice 1/4" glaze of ice on top.  The dogs are miserable.  Luke can't even find a good spot to go to the bathroom because he has a hard time keeping all four legs under him.  Forget running, he can barely walk!

I'm going to take him to the barn with me tonight so that he can run around in the indoor arena and stretch out his legs.  He'll get to run around in the dog center during the rest of the week -- which is good, because it doesn't look like it's going to get warm enough to melt away the ice!

December 3, 2007 12:28 PM

 
 
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