March 2013 Moms
haileyq
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Doggie Guilt
haileyq
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Is anyone else experiencing this? My two dogs have been totally neglected in the last month or so... it's winter in Michigan and I'm as big as a house and just can't get them out for walks like I used to, they're entertaining themselves in the yard as best as they can, and I feel so guilty! Needless to say we take a lot of naps together...
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Re: Doggie Guilt
Me!! Ours is unfortunately still a puppy so with the cold/yucky weather and me not feeling as much like running around outside with her she's unfortunately getting restless and sometimes destructive when she is in the house. We're working on combating this by doing nightly trick drills. Hopefully it works!
My shih tzu was used to going in a walk every night and morning and she had a really hard time when that changed. We still went a lot this past summer but its just too cold for DS in the winter and I'm too pregnant to go on my own.
They have definitely adjusted now and still very loved and taken care of. Now they still love going on walks but at least it's not expected twice a day!
Yes. Our weather this year has been SO atrocious .. As in, no snow cover at all. Yet the salt trucks are still out and about spreading salt and grit on the bare pavement. Which, as you can imagine, gets picked up by the dogs paws .. and if they're not hobbling around because a sharp piece got stuck in a paw, then it's getting kicked-up into their fur to the point where they almost need a bath after we get back (or it gets tracked all over the house)! Not worth it.
When we do get any precipitation, it's been rain, which keeps things pretty mucky out there. Very few dry days or days where there's clean snow to walk on. But what can you do, other than wait for spring to arrive?!
At least they get lots of bathroom breaks outside and are getting two regular meals a day. There are dogs out there (sadly) in much worse situations. I figure that our two have it easy by comparison!