snow xmas etc

This year we have a tree. Last year we didn't. Last year was a tough year, topped off by losing our beloved Anniebear in the autumn and then having to lay off employees at work a month before xmas. Last year we didn't feel much like celebrating.

This year, with puppies in the house, we have a tree and now we have snow to go with it. We must have been the last place the entire country to get it, but it finally arrived. Not masses, but enough to get the dogs worked up. Keskiyo was very excited when he looked out the window first thing and he stayed out there getting snowed on most of the morning.














Getting out of the house for a walk proved surprisingly tricky. Slippery underfoot? Well, yes, but that wasn't the problem. When we leave for walks these days we sneak out of the house so that Keksi, who is sequestered upstairs with her puppies and not allowed out for proper walks, doesn't hear anything and realise what she's missing out on.

Sneak out? Well that just wasn't going to happen today. As soon as the boots went on (the humans, that is), the dogs all started going mad, barking, running around, whining, jumping up. So excited. And that, in turn, would set Keksi off because she, of course, knew exactly what she was missing. Poor Keksi.

We did try to leave and got halfway down the park but the barking and howling coming from our house was too pitiful to ignore so we had to come back and try again later. The biggest challenge was tricking the dogs into going outside without getting over-excited. Sheesh!

As for the tree, well the dogs think that's pretty funny and entertaining too. You can see here the application of one of the many, many uses of vet bed. In this case, I'm using it to cover the scarred old table that the tree sits on. As far as Keskiyo is concerned, vet bed on top of a table is a dog table and he promptly claimed it for his own.





Doesn't he look like the dog that Santa forgot?








Like most daft Lappy folk, we have the requisite pair of silly reindeer antlers for the dogs to amuse themselves with. Ok, let's be honest, they are actually designed to amuse us with. If they were real reindeer antlers, then I'm sure the dogs would be much happier with them. Neka wasn't impressed with our idea of a good time and Maija just said "you must be joking." Keskiyo, though, was a good sport.
















More puppies later.