Dog paws, dog booties and melting salt on sidewalks

As you know I love to watch my shichon play in the snow. Especially when the snow is fresh and his fur is grown out I think he looks just like an ewok-dog when he struggles through the drifts.

Here is what I mean



However what I have noticed is NOT fun is when are walking around on the sidewalks and they start to limp because their little paws are hurting. I have observed this several times and I am starting to suspect that rock salt put on the sidewalks to melt the snow away may be hurting my shichon.

I concerned about this and have been thinking this over and one of the reasons that I have been having such a hard time about this is that I am also vehemently opposed to any type of dog clothing. I think that in general the dogs dont like it, they look stupid and it borders on animal abuse.

Here is however a site which may change my mind. Check out the dog booties site created by some folks from Minesotta - and they know what cold means. I love that their tag line is:

When it is 50 below, do you really think man's best friend cares if his boots are pretty?

What do you think?

Car ride video - dog sticking head out car window

My shichon zuchon (shiizuch) seems to love the car. He likes to stick his head out the car window - just like the big dogs do. Here is a video of our dog sticking his head out the car window while we drive home last night.

Tax Day Fetch video

Here is a quick fetch video for those of you who've been working hard on their tax forms today.



I've also started Monkey's own youtube channel. I'll try to keep focused on my shichon , maybe his neighbor zuchon, and a puggle that is taking over the office.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DesignerDogBreeds

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