Barmy Blue's Bland Blog

Or should that not be Yuki - yuki? Yuki - snow? Snow - yuki?
It's snowing. We've been waiting for the snow since Christmas when we held off on getting her spayed in case it snowed. As you know Yuki is a husky, a snow dog. And the chances of her getting to even see snow round here is rare. This is the first time we've had snow since we got her. We're going to take her out now to introduce her to her namesake. Yuki, as you already know, means snow. I've no doubt she's already seen snow before but that was before we renamed her.
Yuki yuki yuki. Snow snow snow. We have to go.

UPDATE

We took her out in the snow, all 3 of us together. Yuki was going crazy and running ahead and generally just looking happy. She's been a bit funny lately.

Monday and Tuesday she was good. She ate all her food when I put it down for her and was very good when I put her ear drops in. Then on Wednesday she changed. She doesn't eat all her food and she complained when I tried to put her drops in.

She generally looks unhappy and makes groaning noises for no apparent reason. We've been wondering if she's coming into season again since she did that last time. We also keep wondering if it's possible she could be pregnant since she was violated by another dog a few weeks ago but surely not. It's impossible right? Sometimes when I look at her she looks fatter. Then again it's probably just her winter coat. Maybe she just has a hairball or some kind of blockage. or maybe she's just fine.

She was very happy in the snow. She ran around, got covered in snow (it was still falling) and kept shaking it off. She was sniffing and jumping around leaving lovely, scuffed pawprints. We went around the big park and just so she could enjoy it longer we went to the little park too, shut the gates and let her run around. She loved it, but she wanted to leave earlier than we expected so we put her lead back on and continued the walk.

I was quite snug, I dressed in layers. A pair of socks, thermal leggings, Boot socks, a t-shirt, Wellington boots, my regular trousers, cat hat, furry hoodie, my coat, gloves and a scarf. My coat isn't waterproof and the snow stuck to me (as snow does), melted and partially re-froze and made a crunching sound when I moved my arms.

When it was deathly quiet we could hear the snow as it fell and see the shadows of the falling snow under the street lights. Snow always looks amazing when it's freshly fallen. I love having the honour of being the first person to set foot on freshly fallen snow but I feel a little guilty for ruining it. Also, despite the fact that it's cloudy outside it's light enough to see, like very early morning. The sky at night is the same colour as the snow at night. I like that.

I should end it here before it gets too long.

Bluebiird out.