Nipper

Nipper is still with me.  For those of you who remember Nipper, she is 16 years old now and this is what she does most of the time.  When she is awake and outside with the other three dogs, she is still alpha dog.  They still defer to her and she is the tiniest of them all.  Canine dynamics are fun to watch.

Finally! Snow has arrived.

We had such a long fall and early winter without any moisture we were wondering when we would get some up here. The mid west has been inundated with multiple snow storms but they never made it here.


We had two storms a couple days apart, then off and on again snow flurries.

The dogs love it out there but we also have sub zero degree temps to contend with. Neither the dogs nor I enjoy those. One night it got down to minus 20. Too much brrrr in that kind of weather. As you can see, Tuffy is up to her belly in it. In most places it's about a foot now. We're supposed to get nice weather now... so it will all change to slush.