Things are pretty quiet around here, so I thought it might be fun to take you on a morning walk with Piper. We usually start out before sunrise, so the first picture is fairly low light - but typically high energy.
Piper doesn't seem to mind that the snow is up to her shoulders and enjoys getting out for a romp. If I run even a few paces, she chases after me, overshoots and then I can run the opposite direction and have her dash at me again.
Running full tilt is a bit more of a challenge in these conditions. (I love the flying ears in this picture.) It's a good way to tire an active goofball of a dogster.
She's always nosing around to see what is hiding beneath the blanket of snow.
And Piper often sees (or hears) things in the distance that escape my dull, human senses.
Here she is, mid-leap. She has to really kick off with her back legs to make it through the snow, but she bounds up into the air and lands several feet ahead of where she was - then does it again...and again. Ah, to have that kind of stamina.
3 comments:
Too much fun ! I also love those flying ears of happiness. I remember my own dog Fred diving in the snow and actually coming up with a rodent - oh how he smiled ! (No fear, the rodent usually escaped in all the excitement.) Piper will be successful too, as she becomes more savvy - or the snow is less deep and easier to dig. Dogs - love 'em!
Hugs to ya, from BetsyLee
BetsyLee, your story of Fred reminded me of Baloo the first winter after I got him. I remember him pausing, pouncing in the snow and emerging with a mouse. He tossed it up into the air and caught it, swallowing it in a single gulp - like popcorn! He had been out on his own for a long time before I adopted him, so he had learned to hunt really well! Hugs right back to you!
Yesterday I ran across the pic of Baloo howling, made me smile. :^)
Hugs to you and Piper too, from BetsyLee
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