It must be Spring

LilacHill · 03-26-2007, 06:18 AM

The horses are losing winter coat by the bucketful, my husband's allergy to them made his eyes swell shut, the little house wren that has a mud nest in the barn (after years under the back deck) was spotted "housecleaning", and we have mud everywhere. White dogs and mud? Big mess!

chipj29 · 03-26-2007, 07:25 AM

I can relate to the white dogs and mud, as we have 3 dalmations. Fortunately their spots tend to soak up the dirt, so we don't have to wash them that often

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They came in the house on Saturday, and their legs were basically black. Ugh.

LIforrelaxin · 03-26-2007, 08:03 AM

With luck you both of nice basements where the dogs can go to dry out and drop the Dirt....we always had a nice bed in ours for our Golden so we could send him out to play, get nice and dirty, and then come in go down to a nice bed in the basement and dry off. It wasn't perfect but it worked... just had to sweep up the basement at the end of mud season.... Also gave us time to vaccum all the shedding hair up around the house with out him trying to attack and bark at the vaccum cleaner.....

Weirs guy · 03-26-2007, 11:26 AM

Don't tell my dog about the basement, we make him jump in the lake real quick!

LilacHill · 03-28-2007, 06:49 AM

Basement? Are you kidding? My dogs would have heart failure if they had to go there.

We have grass showing now

Dilly says it makes her feel like dancing

chipj29 · 03-28-2007, 07:46 AM

The only thing my dogs like about my basement is the litter box. Yuck.

LIforrelaxin · 03-28-2007, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by chipj29

The only thing my dogs like about my basement is the litter box. Yuck.

That is something Felix (my golden) never went near in basement..... I think one of the things he liked about the basement especially after being outside and running wild for a couple of hours was that it was cooler then being upstairs..... and he was so used to going down there when we worked on projects through out the winter it was never a problem.... openned the door and down the step he went..... in fact on some of the hot summer days if we left the door to the basement open he would disappear always to be found on the basement floor where it was cool......

03-26-2007, 06:18 AM	#1
LilacHill Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It must be Spring The horses are losing winter coat by the bucketful, my husband's allergy to them made his eyes swell shut, the little house wren that has a mud nest in the barn (after years under the back deck) was spotted "housecleaning", and we have mud everywhere. White dogs and mud? Big mess! __________________ Karen, Cuddles, and Dilly the Understudy with Rowdy the Ruckus Raiser Last edited by LilacHill; 05-18-2007 at 03:06 PM.

03-26-2007, 07:25 AM	#2
chipj29 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bow Posts: 1,874 Thanks: 521 Thanked 308 Times in 162 Posts	White dogs I can relate to the white dogs and mud, as we have 3 dalmations. Fortunately their spots tend to soak up the dirt, so we don't have to wash them that often . They came in the house on Saturday, and their legs were basically black. Ugh.

03-26-2007, 08:03 AM	#3
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, not that one, the one on Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,821 Thanks: 1,014 Thanked 880 Times in 514 Posts	With luck With luck you both of nice basements where the dogs can go to dry out and drop the Dirt....we always had a nice bed in ours for our Golden so we could send him out to play, get nice and dirty, and then come in go down to a nice bed in the basement and dry off. It wasn't perfect but it worked... just had to sweep up the basement at the end of mud season.... Also gave us time to vaccum all the shedding hair up around the house with out him trying to attack and bark at the vaccum cleaner..... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

03-26-2007, 11:26 AM	#4
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Don't tell my dog about the basement, we make him jump in the lake real quick! __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

03-28-2007, 06:49 AM	#5
LilacHill Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Basement? Are you kidding? My dogs would have heart failure if they had to go there. We have grass showing now Dilly says it makes her feel like dancing __________________ Karen, Cuddles, and Dilly the Understudy with Rowdy the Ruckus Raiser Last edited by LilacHill; 05-18-2007 at 03:05 PM.

03-28-2007, 07:46 AM	#6
chipj29 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bow Posts: 1,874 Thanks: 521 Thanked 308 Times in 162 Posts	The only thing my dogs like about my basement is the litter box. Yuck.