Minneapolis/St. Paul Nesties
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
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Rain
My dogs are hating the rain.. and they full on refused to go outside. We were able to pull them out the door to go pee, but they didn't do anything else. I'm sure I'll have a mess to clean up after work.. and I am dreading it. They were like donkeys this morning, refusing to move, bracing their legs against anything they could to keep from going outside.
Also - it smells like worms outside. Eeew. I always feel bad for the worms though, because they work their way onto the pavement and then they eventually dry up. I throw them back in the dirt/lawn whenever I can.
Just have to remind myself to think positive... or something.
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
pregnancy blog | chart
Re: Rain
Yep, my dog hates it too. Funny how he loves the snow...I dragged him out. Luckily our condo is next to a covered parking garage so he peed outside and dragged me in the garage for #2. Not ideal.
Looks like we get 3 days of this. Lovely!
Our dogs hate this crap as well, and I hate it even more because my dogs have long hair so I always have to wipe their paws and bellies when they come in so they don't get water everywhere...
On a side note it took me 57 minutes to go 20 miles today because of inept drivers, seriously people its just rain not the darn armegeddon so stop driving like idiots and lets get somewhere.
Holy Hannah - no kidding!!
Renzo will not go potty in the rain unless he is about to burst. Poor buddy just stands there shivering with the saddest look on his face if we try to drag him out in the rain. Boston doesn't even seem to notice it.
eta: And why must it be windy and rainy when I'm having an awesome hair day? Well....I WAS having an awesome hair day when I left the house. Now I'm not so sure. I somehow got drenched even WITH an umbrella. Ugh.
ha! It has nothing to do with long hair though... even our boxers need to be wiped down or they get mud/water/mess all over the house! I usually just baby gate them in the kitchen so I can get them wiped off well enough to let them in the rest of the house.
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
pregnancy blog | chart
Moe hates the rain, too. At least I was smart and picked up poop yesterday, so it isn't all nasty on the association's lawn!
I'm so happy that I only had one class today. Wore actual clothes to school and came home and changed directly back into my sweats. Studying, knitting and movies my H won't watch are in order to the rest of the day! How long am I supposed to wait to open some wine?
Not entirely long hair but your dogs are taller so their belly fur doesn't drag in the rain too like mine, Shelties and rain don't mix well. I know every dog has to be wiped down but my boys look like I gave them a darn bath when they come in...sometimes I wish I had short hair dogs, or dogs with longer legs but I'm allergic to short hair dogs so I'll always be dealing with this!
now would be good. have a glass for me too.
If it helps you feel better about the worms dying, earthworms are actually invasive species in Minnesota, and they're having really devestating effects on the native woodland plant communities. (A lot of people don't know that worms are not native to MN and think they're "good" for the soil.). So even though I don't like seeing any organism suffer/die, it helps me feel a little less bad about it knowing that fewer worms = a good thing, ecologically speaking. (Not that worm deaths on our urban sidewalks will really do anything to impact worm populations in our woodlands, but...)
And yeah, the weather today is crappy. My 45 minute (walking) commute this morning was miserable.
What!? Earthworms are invasive in Minnesota? I am so surprised by this. They seem so "normal" here. Where did they come from, how were they brought here, and why do people say that if you have earthworms in your soil, you have good quality soil?
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
pregnancy blog | chart
Yep! There's been an ongoing campaign to try and spread the word about invasive worms for several years now, but it's still a big surprise to a lot of people. The basic idea is that after glaciation, there were no earthworms in Minnesota, so all of the current native plant communities developed without earthworms. The exotic earthworms (mainly brought in as fishing bait) dramatically change the soil structure of our woodlands--they increase the decomposition of the litter layer, which results in a lot of bare soil that lacks the springy soft "duff" layer that many of our native plant and tree species require for establishing healthy roots. The species that tend to thrive in earthworm-affected woodlands are weedy, disturbance-prone, and other invasive species (garlic mustard, buckthorn, etc.)
Here's the DNR page on earthworms in Minnesota: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialanimals/earthworms/index.html
And here's a link to one of the organizations that does a lot of the earthworm research here in MN: http://greatlakeswormwatch.org/
DH had to take the dogs out with an umbrella this morning. They are pampered little turds.
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I never knew my dog was such an oddball. He LOVES the rain. He'll run around looking up into the sky, trying to catch raindrops in his mouth. The only time he really hates it is when it's super windy outside.
Also- I'm completely intrigued by this worm conversation.
Eat.Drink.BeMarried. Blog.
Haha! Happy to entertain with my worm knowledge