In case you were not aware …. over the past couple of days the City of Edmonton has received a TON of snow. Yes, that white stuff is covering everything …. up, down and all around. I have been shovelling like mad. Alvin, my dog came outside with me while I was shovelling in the back yard. I have a deck that goes from the house to the garage. There isn’t much room left in the yard to actually put the white stuff. In the beginning, I was throwing it off the deck ….. I can no longer do that …..anyway back to Alvin. He was sniffing about as he likes to do. He follows me wherever I go …. if I am in the living room, he’s in the living room. So when I am outside he wants to be outside. Alvin had been outside for several minutes, and it is kind of cold when I noticed that he was lifting up his paws (as if they were freezing) …. so I ran over to him and called him to go into the house. I went in and wiped off his paws with a soft towel ….. poor little guy. When I went back outside to finish the “snow removal” …. he was watching me from the back door (window). Once he warmed up up, of course he was back outside…
Earlier in the day, about noon, we went for a walk. I get all of these flyers, so I usually take them to a new friend who does not receive them. She lives a few blocks away. I had cleaned off our front walk earlier but most of the way Alvin was jumping, like a bunny through the snow. LOL. Unfortunately his Momma was holding onto the leash for dear life …… I got a workout, that is for sure. He was cold by the time we got home as he would stop and look up at me …. I think that he wanted me to carry him. I would have picked him up but he has definitely put on a bit of weight (was 22) over the past couple of months, and I wasn’t sure that I could carry him too far. But if it had been any colder outside I would have picked him up to warm him. I am a good Momma (not pack leader). Oh, Alvin also wears a jacket so at least his body stays a bit warm.
Just a little while ago it was time for a bath ….. oh, I also found this gadget called a FURMINATOR (superman kind of brush for animals that have lots of extra hair/fur). So I brushed him downstairs before going to the bath and got a good handful of hair. He really did stand there pretty good for me.
So now Alvin has had a bit of exercise, brushed and combed, bathed and clean …… (he is napping now).
He is tuckered out….. Momma has to go now and finish making some Christmas presents (jewelry), and then get the crafts all in order for the little kids Christmas party here on Saturday and if time allows WRAP presents.
Well it is almost 3:00 p.m. …… yikes.
Alvin says Merry Christmas…..
Always, Carol
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