Enough Snow Already!

My little garage is getting buried

The weather forecasters were right once again - unfortunately.  We did indeed get 10-13 inches or more.  We got the "or more" part here, at least 15 and possibly 19 depending on who you believe.  Fortunately, a holiday weekend made it a lot easier to manage and gave us an extra day to shovel.  We got the cars out without too much difficulty, which is always the toughest shoveling chore.  If my garage was large enough for my van I could get it off the street, but then where would I put all the junk that normally lives in my garage?  If I built a larger garage I would have to give up the dog yard, and that won't do either.  Hopefully we are done with major snowfalls for the season.  Fingers crossed.   It's been quite a winter!

Argus plays well with babies, including son Eddie

I met Lisen & Jerry at Medford on Saturday to pick up Eddie and drop off Mariah for a week of "puppy camp".  Eddie will be going up to Canada while Lucy comes down to be shown this spring.  He's a cute little guy, still possibly show quality, but not really a star.  He has a wonderful personality, smart, calm, and very cooperative.  A very special puppy.  He's already totally house-trained, and very good in a crate.  Lisen & Jerry have done a very good job with Eddie, and who ever ends up with him will get a very nice dog.

Shoveling needed

Argus has a lovely wife coming from Southern California, but before she arrives we still need to shovel out the west side of the house!  That's where the door to the basement is, a door we rarely use in the winter, but the one that leads to the basement.  Visiting ladies share the basement with all the fish tanks, and use the side door when going out for walks.  Not sure this visitor is going to be too impressed with our weather, and her owners are quite sure she will not enjoy snowy walks, BUT she still needs to get out.  The drifts on the other side of that gate are a good 4 feet tall, so I'll start working on that when I get home from the office today.

Hopefully the timing will work out OK for us to still go to St. Louis, but we'll have to see how that goes.  Weather could be an issue too, and some years we are unable to make the trip due to bad roads somewhere along the way between St. Paul & St. Louis.  Because this girl is older, she'll get a series of progesterone tests to pin point the optimum day for breeding.  We always used to depend on the dogs to pick the right days, but it's also nice to have science to fall back on if there is any question.  Hopefully everything falls into place here.