…sweetie-pie not liking the snow anymore…..

…sweetie-pie is no longer happy about the snow…….
…he used to be a snow bunny….racing out and running up and down in the yard…
…now Boucle is 10 1/2 and in the last year he sticks his nose out the patio door and does a weather check…if it is not to his liking he doesn’t want to go out….except for walks…
…this was this morning, after our walk…I was going to shovel the deck and dog run and he did his weather check…
…he was not impressed…..
…I had to coax him out for these photos….
…he did a round of sniffing and then raced up the stairs to get back inside….

…Boucle spots a toad………

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…on a trail to the lake……sweetie-pie spotted a toad before I saw it……

…Boucle was on a leash and he pounced on something…….
…I couldn’t see…..
…then..
…a toad jumped out of his paws…….
…I spotted it…..
…Boucle wanted to jump on it again….
…I pulled on the leash and wouldn’t let him…….
…the toad stood very still……so that we would not see him camouflaged and maybe we would think he was a rock…….
…but Boucle watched……patiently…..to see what it would do next…..
…I am sure he wanted to sniff it to see what it was….

…after a minute or two we left the path…….to the beach…..
…the toad safely went on his way…..

…a new experience for sweetie-pie………