The boys remain stretched out on their beds, the lights are dim and I hear only the deep relaxed breathing of content, safe and comfortable canines in our bedroom. what could be better than this? Actually having mom make it through another Christmas with us is the answer. Being together, all of us. It has been so desperately cold here, -40C=-40F (registered on the thermometer on my deck) that I have kept Loki inside the house since the 24th. He only goes to his run so he can eat (Still wont take his meals inside) and I bring him back in after an hour. We then go out when he decides he wants to go out for his walks, and they have been short ones. Yesterday when I went to take him out to his run for his meal, he stood dead fast in the door entering the den and refused to move. Mom was shocked that he refused to go outside. Finally on the third attempt hours later, he hesitantly came with me and I got him in his run, leaving him there long enough to eat and then bringing him inside after a walk around the block. I had worked outside cleaning his run, adding fresh straw to his bedding and spreading more on the floor of the run so that his feet are protected from the cold ground. His bedding is about 4 thick and about 5x5. The fleece blankets form a barrier holding it all in place for him and I broke the bale into 2x2 wedges that I lined the walls surrounding his bedding with. Despite how protected he s in there I could still feel the dampness and cold, hence that is why he has been spending his days in the house with us. Until such time as it warms up he wont be spending time out there. My being off work till the 2nd means it gives him more time to get used to being in the house with us a and night, so I am hoping that he will prefer that, and tolerate being inside when I go back to work. I can come home at noon to walk him. We had a modest Christmas dinner and moms stuffing, as always, was the best part. Just the two of us and our fur family. A nice visit from a dear friend who used to housesit for us and whom we consider family on Christmas day. He got to see Loki in the house and mom an I were both very proud of Loki who did not panic and who mustered the courage to come into the den quite a number of times while we sat and talked. Still very shy and cautious but also more confident. I hear Zephyr crying at my door wanting in. That high pitched little cry of hers that is so familiar. She had come to bed with me last night but true to her mischevious nature decided night time is a great time to jump on my highboy an explore everything up there...out she went to sleep on moms bed. Staying outside long enough to fix up Lokis run and to fill the birdbath with seed for the birds saw me come inside with painful and frozen fingers. I cannot even begin to figure out how these fragile birds manage in this extreme cold. Seeing the Magpies and Ravens in the snow and my driveway eating the raisins, dates and other morsels I put out for them, how the heck do they keep their feet and legs from freezing. The ravens had fluffed up their feathers so they looked huge and they were squatted low so that their feathers covered their legs and feet, still their feet were on that frozen ground. Mom told me she spotted a raven with either a broken foot or a deformed foot. It is turned backwards so that when it walks it is more of a lopsided hop. Ive not yet seen that raven myself. No matter what I put out for the Ravens and Magpies by way of fruit or diced rollover, it freezes so fast. Lokis fresh chicken backs have gotten hard as rocks, freezing before he has eaten his whole meal. I bring those back inside, as those bones would splinter and are dangerous. I found two yesterday that he had buried in his bedding. Well it is now 10:17 and Our Boy is up an moving, Hemi and Philly remain stretched out. I guess it is time for me to bundle up and take Loki for his morning walk, put him in the run and see if hell eat breakfast. I dread the thought of going outside. Loki is sitting at the end of the bed, patiently looking at me, good he has laid back down and just gave a deep sigh...he is going to sleep more. Life is good.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 17:21:31 +0000
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