February 16, 2004

Snonads

We took the dogs for a long snowshoeing trip yesterday. It snowed yesterday morning, then warmed up to 40 degrees, so the snow conditions were kind of weird. After the first quarter mile our older dog, Cody, started to develop "dingle-balls" all over his shaggy self. He had snowballs hanging off pretty much every part of his body, but the best ones were located between his hind legs. He had one right in the center that must have been the size of a softball. It got to the point where he couldn't even walk right--he had this Rooster Cogburn/True Grit swagger going on that seemed to say, "Yeah, you can neuter me, but I still got balls."