Sheepies in the snow
Peace, --jt-- |
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She was trying to ease her discomfort, that's for certain. She came in barking, and she stopped when my wife got a Q-tip and massaged the upper inside of her ears. Amazing creatures, these sheepies 
Peace, --jt-- |
| Isn't that so intelligent. To put your hurting ears in the snow! It is even better that you checked into the matter. Sort of makes it where we humans can claim intelligence too!
Wish we had some snow close by, not like in the street, but maybe an hours drive. Would love to see Abbi play in the snow. Although up north a bunch of OES owners were complaining at 14 below zero their sheepies were coming in with sore pads. That doesn't sound like fun. |
| ... my little (45 lbs ... little?) sheepie is smarter than I am. I see her doing all sorts of things like this in her own trial and error sort of way. Heck, she's managed to get me trained just beautifully. She loves it when I'll go outside with her in the freezing cold and just stand around and watch her play. She's not great at fetching balls & sticks like all my other dogs were; but she has her own way of play, which I'll swear is the way she learns about the world.
If you've never seen an OES frolic in the snow, you're missing out. I know, I know, you're missing out on all the ugly stuff too (freezing, having to shovel it, drive in it, slips & falls, etc); but every now and then you kinda get the bigger picture that there is a Higher Power than us up there who has a purpose for everything. Pippy just loves this stuff. During the rest of the year, she's relatively lethargic. But let a couple of inches of snow fall, and she's out doing laps around the house. You know how sheepies run kinda like bears? Sorta "bouncing" instead of running? You should really get to see this ... it'll warm your heart and make you laugh. Ever seen an "aerodynamic sheepie", with all the facial fur pulled straight back from the relative wind speed? Getting to see her eyes while she plays is one of the little things that makes my day. Someday I'll snag the digital camera and get a pic of this onto the board.
She absolutely understands the command "run, doggie, run", and darned near runs herself into exhaustion whenever it's cold out -- she'll do this in daylight or dark, as long as there's snow on the ground. This is really a good thing. She had heart surgery to correct a PDA about 8 months ago, and this proves that she's gonna grow up with relatively normal breathing -- after all this exercise, she breathes hard; but only with a little rattle -- the vet told me to expect this. Without the surgery, she'd have crossed the bridge quite a while ago. She is really something, that's for sure. I've had other breeds, and while I've loved them all, I'm in constant amazement at sheepies. At some things, she doesn't seem too bright; but at the end of the day, she's got to be one of the most intelligent and loving dogs I've ever had -- perhaps it's just me who doesn't quite understand what she's quite purposefully doing. You know, this amazing little dog had all the odds against her: runt of the litter, congenital heart defect ... the breeder might have even put her to sleep; except for someone 1,200 miles away who was willing to put up a few hundred bucks for a sick puppy -- again, another testimony to the fact that this world doesn't run on randomness. It's gonna be a sad day around here when her time's up. But she's only 2 ... she's got a long way to go -- I think I'll just give her as much love as I can while she's here.
I saw this posted on OES-L today, attributed to Will Rogers: "If dogs don't go to heaven, then, when I die, I want to go where they do" -- now there's a dog lover. Me too
Peace, --Jim-- |
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