Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Chilly Dogs!

Wow! it's been a while since we posted. Mom has been watching the weather a lot which means she isn't helping us with our blog. It has been REALLY cold (for Houston) and wet the last couple of days. That means that Mom won't leave us outside for long. She stands out there with us to make sure we do everything we are supposed to do but sometimes she has to guess what is going on if we run behind the garage or under the magnolia trees. In that case, once she gets cold, we all go inside.

We were really lucky. On Monday night, it never did rain so nothing got icy and slippery. It started raining Tuesday night so Mom was a little more concerned. We aren't used to walking around on ice or in icy weather so we were outside only a short time after she got home from work. That usually isn't a good idea with the boys and sure enough ... Mom was glad she had stocked up on paper towels.

This morning was still very cold so, once again, it was a quick trip outside. We just don't understand how the huskies can like cold so much. OK, that isn't true, we can take one look at all that fluffiness and we understand completely. We just aren't fluffy like they are. Half the time when we go outside in cold or rainy weather, at least one of us runs in to the little doghouse and won't come back out until it is time to go back in to the big doghouse.

As you can see, the weather is the big news around here. Fortunately it is supposed to start warming up again today. It needs to warm up a little bit because we are going to the country house on Friday. Mom and Aunt Bec want us to run around outside but only if we aren't going to freeze.

In case you are wondering about the title of this post, that is what Mom calls us during the winter - her little chilly dogs! We are hot dogs in the summer. OK, so it's not THAT clever but give her a break; she's getting old and she's the only mom we have.

15 comments:

Deanna said...

I think your mom is very clever. I agree about the cold, but Dakota seems to love it. She is fluffy, though.

Make sure to curl up with your mom and keep her warm!

Buster the Wired Fox Terror said...

Put on some sweaters lil guys!

Bussie Kissies
Buster

Boo Casanova said...

hey guys, we heard about the bad weather all over the news. you guys better don't get cold!

wet wet licks

Boo

Anonymous said...

Maybe you guys need cool coats like Cubby has!

Bobkat said...

The weather here in the UK has been pretty much wet adn grey since Christmas. Today is particularly bad as it is pouring adn there are gale force winds!

Poor Dachsies - sounds like you need doggy hot water bottles!

The Army of Four said...

Hey roo guys! Beware of Justin - sick site and it'll make your computer sick.
"Chilly dogs" and "hot dogs"?!!? Hee hee hee! I like your mama's sense of humor! :)
Love,
Amber

Roxie, Sammy, Andy and Shermie said...

We made Justin go away ...

Ivy said...

good job chasing justin away! you are such brave and fierce dachsies!

i luv the cold but only if it brings snow. and i luv the rain but only if it izzent too cold. rain and cold wif no snow sounds like no fun at all!

just wach out for your mom so she dozent slip on the ice and get a sore throat or you mite haf to put a cone on her head like turbo!

Anonymous said...

Your Mummy is very clever! Chilly dogs and hot dogs! Roof roof roof woo ha ha ha!

Love and Licks,
Texas (and his humans).

Opy - the Original GruffPuppy said...

Hope you are all doing okay in the cold weather - we are melting out here in Oz :-(

Love
Opy

Bruce the Bird Dog said...

I saw a chiily dog the other day, his belly was making tracks in the snow, he looked like an otter!

Hana said...

It has been freezing cold here too. I have been spending more time in my Hanahouse and on my parents' bed. Today it warmed up though, thank dogness!

Are you guys sure Justin isn't on the up and up? I haven't visited his site yet, but I just wanna be sure.

Is there a link to create the Time magazine coverpage? I'd like to make one for myself!

Scrappy and Pebbles said...

We are the opposite dwon here in Au we are way too hot. I hope your weather improves for you.

Tail wags
~Scrappy

Anonymous said...

copper's grammy used to say that calling a dachsie a "hot dog" was rude and that you should just say "warm puppy" she was very hip to us dachsies and had a big soft spot for our breed. she always had little coats for her warm puppies. i have a hand-me-down coat from copper, its pretty nice. mom tried to crochet me one, but she said it didn't work like she wanted.

JustMeCopper said...

I am glad to hear that you don't like the cold weather either. Snow? ... and laying in the snow? ... I don't know how these huskies do it. I can barely stand to walk in the cold wet grass.