This time of year is when it is horrible to be a dog owner. It consists of crappy weather, sickness, and mud....lots of mud. In my house letting the dog out has become a chore that no one really ever volunteers for. It takes more effort than you think to let your dog outside in-between winter and spring.
FIrst off, after every snowfall we have to shovel a path for the dog to walk and and do his business. Then, when he comes in we have to pull out all of the clumps of snow that have frozen to his fur. Not more than ten minutes later he will want to go out and play again. This is when the dog really starts to smell quite bad.
Next, we have to deal with the melting snow and rain. When the snow melts, the path we shoveled becomes a stream flowing through our backyard. Mix that with a continuous rainfall and now we have an outlet of the cedar river butting up to our back porch. Now when the dog comes in we have to not only get the snow out, but dry off half of his body because he is drenched. Then he decides to go lay on someones bed, so we have to change the sheets because no one wants to sleep on sheets that a wet dog cuddled up with. Ahh what a hassle.
Lastly, we have to deal with what happens when the water soaks in and we are left with a super saturated muddy solution in the back yard. Every time he comes in we have to pick up this wet, muddy, mess and give him a rinse off. He gets so dirty and it just so happens he has white fur by his paws....even more reason to have to clean him up. Getting the mud off of him is impossible to do without getting mud o you. So then you have to go shower and it ends up being a 20 minute ordeal just so the poor dog can relieve himself. (WC 350)
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