In the In Box...

Found:  Buddy's jacket! I think it was missing all last year...

"... on the catwalk, baby..."

This is his pre-haircut pic from this morning. I've requested a post-cut shot too, so who knows what tomorrow's in box might bring...

Such a good dog. Getting older, aren't we all, but doesn't show it and adapts easily to his bodily challenges.  (It's in his hips, that's where it is...) We're not exactly sure of the age, him coming to us a few years into his life, but his heart and lungs are strong from his early years chasing deer through the UW - Barron County (Rice Lake) campus' open fields and disc golf course in the off season.

He can still open up and sprint a solid 30 or 40 yards, maybe more, that's all I dare get ahead of him with the poor eyesight and hearing that picks up the echoes and leaves him looking when I get too far ahead in our walks now...

OK, after-haircut shot tomorrow then; supposed to get down to 18F tonight... You can't cancel these grooming appointments, but she was asked not to shave him, just a short cut.  Still, he must think we're nuts taking him in to lose that fluffy coat now... The nails needed clipping; the face gets mid-appointment groomed in 5 minutes for 10 dollars which extends the need for the next haircut, and the length of the nails too though...

Life is all in the timing, isn't it? These grooming appointments, anyway.

I just hope the parents out here are ready with gloves, hats and warmer jackets for the "people" children.  This cold spell has caught a lot of us by surprise, not that it wasn't predicted, just that... mid November --  who's really ready ?!?

God bless, stay warm.