Our Tips for Beating the Winter Blues

Wilson and Chelseas Tips for Beating the Winter Blues
aka some fun examples of what we do during the boring winter months where outside playtime is limited to us)

1. We do a lot of running in the house, like insane running. I chase him, he chases me, sometimes a few object like to fall off tables etc. It surprising how much navigating a house and running at full speed tires one self and ones dog. Do house marathons.

2. Curl up on the couch and read a good book together, this way we share each others warmth and get to spend time together. Hurray!

3. The cat, both a source of warmth (when she allows it) and entertainment.

4. Outside walks have become limited to when its not windy and really cold out, but indoor walkies at petstores have increased. So have the amount of dog toys and treats. Straaaannnge. New toys also helps beat down the boring winter blues.

5. Winter seems to be turning into the time where Wilson learns more tricks. Some we teach him like circle, ignore food, jump between my legs and roll. Others he learns himself like, lets remove things from moms purse and bring it to her (papers, wallet, or sometimes feminine products which is embarrassing and funny when companies over), or nosing the leash hanging from the wall means walkies (though I think that is Wilson training me =/ mhmmm). Winter time is the best time for indoor doggie learning.

(taken from my comment on one of Corgi Butts posts)

Wilson and the Ice Cube Clean Up (the game)

Nothing exciting happened today, so instead I plugged in the camera and downloaded a few videos of wilson, and was suprised to find that not only did I not blog about this insodent, but I also didn't show this video even on facebook. (my dog is cute, I love to share everything about my dog. Course anyone reading this will understand!)

So one hot day I was making some ice cool drinks and dropped a large quiantity of ice on the ground. I have mentioned before that Wilson never seemed interested in ice cubes, so imagine my suprise at seeing 15lbs of pure dachshund and fur race into the kitchen and start knocking icecubes left,right and center!



As you can see he grabs as many as he can fit in his mouth then spits them all out to grab more. We had a good half hour fun of me rolling ice cubes along the floor and my little pup running around trying to collect them all together. Later on (not of video sadly) Wilson stares downstairs at the ice cube that vanished, and well for the rest of the day he would keep going back there to see if the ice cube somehow climbed back up the stairs for him to chase. Oh Wilson!!