Winter Adventure for Guinness

Guinness has never encountered deep snow. Thursday morning we were able to get in the back yard and she was up to her neck in snow. She likes the snow but hates her snowsuit so I let her play. I must say it was fun to watch her trying to figure out what the white stuff was. She usually goes nose first and that didn't change in the snow.

Her fur is so fine that little snowballs accumulate after a very short time in the powder. Short of a full body snowsuit, for which she would never forgive me, there's not much to be done. What do snowy weather wheaten owners do? She hid from from the inevitable bath.

She helped me dig out after the storms, and much preferred to be running free without the much hated snow suit.

Guinness Likes the Snow

Guinness is with me in the mountains this week. Last November when there was a foot of snow she came back from a walk with snowballs all over her, especially her tummy. These things were not easy to brush off and necessitated putting her in the tub to melt them off.

Kenai's Corner in the Village had snowsuits that covered the tummy area so I talked myself into getting one for her. This is her first winter in the mountains. For some reason she is not terribly thankful for the extra protection from the elements and gives me a look and is all draggy-tailed. I tried reasoning with her but she still hates clothes. I let her out after this picture without the snowsuit and she romped and enjoyed the snow much more. It's still easier to take off the suit than those snowballs so she'll just have to deal.

Guinness is FAMOUS!

Well, sort of. She's featured on Daily Puppy as today's grown up puppy of the day! We're so proud. The photographs submitted on that site all look so professional, and the site has rules. I finally managed to get a few good shots of her. I've been looking at dailypuppy.com since before I got Guinness. There are soooo many cute wheaten puppy pictures on that site I even printed some for her scrapbook... yes I have a scrapbook for her and no it's not pathetic - at all.

Wheaten Puppy Cam!

Here's the link to the puppycam at the Wheaten Rescue site. Kate, the mom, is a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier who was rescued with 4 other Wheatens by S'Wheat Rescues. Kate was pregnant when she was rescued and had these lovely babies. Learn more about the Rescue and see all the dogs they have available for adoption at http://www.wheatenterrierrescue.org

The Park Bench Cafe

We took Guinness the wheaten on another trip to Orange County and visited Potter and his humans. Potter had a special request to have brunch at a restaurant called The Park Bench Cafe in Huntington Beach. This is a special eatery that caters to canines. The plastic tables are all outside and judging from the number of dogs it's a very popular spot. There's a little lake where puppy enjoyed looking longingly at the ducks.



We were there on a perfect day. Dog watching was especially fun because there were all kinds enjoying the menu and the park.

Water bowls are even furnished. They have a human menu and a doggie menu that included hot diggety dogs, hamburger and even kibble for the dog who doesn't eat people food. Guinness wasn't sure what to do with a whole basket of hot dog pieces so we wound up feeding them to her a piece at a time - no she's not spoiled! Potter had no such misgivings and gobbled his hamburger brunch right down.