Thunder tail

Had a frosty but great walk with the dogs this morning. Met one of our neighbours in the elevator and the dogs were so happy to see him.

They love people, love other dogs, and pretty much love attention of any kind. That part is great. What's not so great is that we haven't been able to train them out of jumping up on people. It's a bit awkward.

Heidi gets so happy when she sees people she knows, her whole back end wags, not just her tail. Our neighbour commented on how he loves that. She definitely knows how to make people love her.

Sometimes Heidi uses "thunder tail" for evil though...like when she shimmies up beside the bed and the wall and uses it as an improvised alarm clock. Thump Thump Thump Thump I guess I prefer that to beeping.

I'm guessing it was because of the cold, but this morning both dogs kept getting what I refer to as "snow foot" - they get snow packed into their paws and begin to limp. It hasn't happened much yet this winter, but I had to rub the snow off their paws several times this morning. Luckily, they don't mind letting me help and then they continue on their way.

Off to do some volunteer work this morning...better pry myself away from the computer!