The dog is going stir crazy.
Just the one dog: Toby loves his walks but not in the rain. He’s a Yorkshire Terrier and terriers believe in sniffing their way around a walk. You can’t sniff anything in a puddle so what’s the point in going? If it’s raining, he won’t go out and that’s that.
Unfortunately, it has done nothing but rain for a week. There were at least two days when we didn’t get out, and on other days we managed ten-minute walks in the hiatus between one lot of clouds moving on and the next lot of clouds rolling in, but it’s not enough for a Squirrel Chaser (First Class) such as Toby.
He’s driving me mad with his incessant nagging. I have to open the front door every time he starts, letting the rain soak the carpet because the wind is always blowing in this direction.
The problem is, dogs don’t think in the abstract; they live in the now as in:
I want a walk now, I want a walk now, I want a walk now! Good, she’s putting on my coat, my harness, my lead, her coat, her scarf, her gloves, her shoes, what’s that big stick that opens up? At last, I’m having my walk at last, at last – I’m not going out in that! It’s filthy and I can’t smell anything. Heels in; I like a good tug of war. Let her get wet if she likes; I’m not that daft.
And then we have to take off the coat, the harness, the lead, the coat, the scarf, the gloves, the shoes. I’m never sure which one of us is most disgruntled but I know who sulks the most.
Molly is a different kettle of dog:
It’s past September? No thanks; I’ll walk in April.
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Please tell Toby, I don’t blame him, I live over in Newark, Nottinghamshire, it has rained here for days too, I went out on my usual 5mile walk at 5.30 this morning, it was raining again, I was wet through, but it was a good walk.
I hope the weather gets better, firstly so Toby can get his walk and secondly because all my trainers have worn soles and my socks keep getting wet!
God Bless
Wayne
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Five mile walk…in the rain… voluntarily…?
Speechless.
😀
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I guess the mad dogs and Englishmen midday sun thingy, goes for early morning rain, except it seems the dogs won’t go, so just mad Englishmen then.
Wayne
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😀
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Impressive, Wayne. 🙂 Hope it stops raining for you. You must look quite bedraggled when you arrive home.
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Thank you, I do look like a distinctly drowned rat.
The walking is something I started a few months ago, one of the daily routines I have since my sobriety, I walk with God every morning, come rain or shine. The rain doesn’t bother me, God told me not to worry about getting wet on my Baptism Day, so I go out in the rain no matter.
Wayne
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I like the way you think 🙂
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Thanks,
No rain this morning, just driving wind, I hope Toby gets his walk today.
Wayne
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I know.. the rain is REALLY getting tedious now isn’t it..
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It is, and I say that as someone who lives in Stockport, where we’re used to rain.
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How do they manage for um… er… you know…?
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I shove them outside, morning and evening, and wait with a towel.
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Yes, Tilly, it has been a bit damp of late…
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yes good question Viv – ha ha that’s what I was thinking too!!!
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You two need to get your minds out of the gutter.
Or put in your orders for my book of poo poems.
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You’re lucky it isn’t snow!
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They love snow!
We don’t – it takes an hour to dry them afterwards.
Do you have a link to your blog so I can return your visit?
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Our Barney was a Yorkshire Terrier too and he also HATED the rain. He would go, but spent the whole time giving whoever was walking him accusing looks. And he would do his business almost immediately – he knew he wouldn’t be allowed home until he’d done at least one pooh!
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They are fussy but clever, aren’t they?
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I like Molly’s philosophy! 🙂
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*helpful tip* Trade him in for a water spaniel. 🙂
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That IS helpful 🙂
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Yeah, I had a dog once. Delicious.
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Three smiley faces for Ron today!
😀 😀 😀
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Have sent you a photo for Toby, I’m not well so addressed it ‘for Molly’ lol. Xxx
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Thanks! I’ll check it out 🙂
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PS She steals his toys anyway, so what’s a photo between dogs?
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😀
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well Chutney and Spice dont mind the rain so thats good but Chutney will force me to stay out in the rain by waiting extra long before having a wee !
I hope there are plenty of fallen leaves
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The only thing worse than a dog who won’t walk in the rain – is a dog who will 🙂
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That’s too bad — for both you and your dog. I hate cold, rainy weather myself, which is why I prefer to live in Hawaii. Love sunshine. I visited London for 2 weeks in November 1969 and didn’t like the fog and rain. Everything else was fine!
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I don’t mind it so long as it is not all the time – which, at the moment, it is!
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I have TWO dogs that refuse to go for their walks in the rain. Fortunately, it hardly ever rains much here in south Texas but when it does, it’s a terrible downpour. A monsoon. Then we have to wait for a break in the monsoon for a slight drizzle before the next downpour to go out and they are NOT happy to be going out in the drizzle and mist. Could it be that this is a trait of small dogs? Mine are Japanese Chins (14 pounds each–I don’t know don’t what it is in the English weight system; go figure it out). They are quite fuzzy and thus protected from getting soaked. I don’t know what their problem is. Rain, I suppose.
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Perhaps it is a trait of pampered dogs 🙂 We should be stricter, shouldn’t we?
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My dog sulks when the sun goes away. He loves soaking up rays of sun.
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Here in the Midwest we could use some moisture. I like a nice steady rain…but have almost forgotten what it is like! 🙂
I do remember how silly dogs can be. When we had one, he would scratch to go out, and I would open the back door to let him in the backyard…and it would be snowy, or rainy, or cold…..and he would refuse to go out! Ugh! It was so frustrating! But we loved him, so we put up with him! Ha!
Hope you will have a Merry Christmas!
Linda @ Truthful Tidbits
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Maybe he’s not that silly… 🙂
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I see you are still here. I told you those Mayans couldn’t count.
Our dogs bolt back into the house if its raining. Then they go to the other door to see if the weather is different at the back door.
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Daft mutts. 🙂
Though I suspect I’ve done that myself…
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We were having quite a bit of rain, too. It snowed last night, though—first snow of the year—and the kids are so excited!
Hope you’re having a wonderful day!
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A tiring day. I think I’m coming down with something and I still have the upstairs Christmas cleaning to do 😦
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funny….. my dog is exactly the opposite — maybe it’s because she is a beagle? But constantly cleaning up mud! Wish she enjoyed her bath as much as she enjoys the rain…. Have a Merry Christmas Tilly!
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And you, too, Brenda! Without the funk!
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Jack and Toby would get along famously and I’m pretty sure that Jack would be fawning over Molly as well. I can see all three of them curled up on the couch waiting for the rainy days to go away.
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I’m melting just thinking about it 😀
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aww that is so sad when he keeps having you check the weather or try to make the walk. he just wants to do what he is used to doing. Keep calm, lol, the sun shall shine again!!
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Is that a promise? 🙂
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of course!!! would I lie????? lol
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😀
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He’s very winsome in that photo, Tilly. My cleaning’s done and the house is busy getting dirty again. Merry Christmas!
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My cleaning is almost done – two rooms left!
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Awwww..the rain can really put a dampener on things, can’t it? Mac doesn’t mind until the very end of the walk when the rain gets through his wiry little terrier coat to his skin. And then he just becomes miserable, shooting vitriolic glances in my direction because, of course, it’s all my fault.
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Of course it is 😀
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Toby would suit me, I dislike going for a walk in the rain.
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I like rain walks, so long as it’s not driving.
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How would Toby feel about 2 feet of snow? Our neighbours’ dog seems to love it just fine. it’s only snowman he has a problem with — judging by the yellow snow decorating ours. and we don’t have a dog.
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Hehe 😀
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Dogs do live in the now and I like your description of how Toby’s mind works!
Our Poppy hates the rain too, and will not put a paw outside in it – but we have to open the door so she can see it for herself, then she reverses back inside the hallway!
I hope it stops raining for a while so you can get Toby out before his stir-crazy feelings get out of hand!
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Ten o’clock last night!
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We had a Toby called Cindy, and she also loved walking in the rain. 🙂
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We had a border collie called Cindy; she would walk in anything.
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My Yorkie never goes out. I’m afraid she’ll get eaten by a hawk. She uses training pads in the house. Like kitty litter only for a dog. (years ago I put up a YouTube video of her. You can find it if you google “Zoe Shell Game” )
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I’ll check it out.
She doesn’t have walks on a lead?
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She is so cuuuuuuuuuuuute! Adorable!
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Is she a teacup?
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My Minnie (Miniature Schnauzer, 12+ lbs., 9 yrs. old next week) was trained to a litter box — NEVER has to walk in the rain or the snow or the dark of night! 🙂
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Oh the frustrations! Just as well we love our pets all the same.
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We do!
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My dogs – a Boxer and Boxer/Stafford-shire Terrier mix – won’t walk in rain or the snow. They will go out in the yard in the rain and the snow, with a good hard *shove* and a backwards glance to let me know how disgruntled they are. Just no walking. No, thank you. No, ma’am.
Did I mention we live in Ohio and “rain” and “snow” are two/three of our four seasons? Yeah, it works out well. {lol}
At any rate, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Oh and Happy 6WS, too! 🙂
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I think you have two very sensible dogs … I think I will adopt Molly’s quote: It’s past September? No thanks; I’ll walk in April. And try to live by it.
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I uploaded my Truman to keep Toby company ! Woof!
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I saw him – lovely dog!
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