Feels like snow

Barack has this grayish brindle coloring
on his legs.  Dutch shepherd? 

Barack and Zeus

This has been our first stretch of cold weather and I'm still patting myself on the back for getting all the stocktank heaters installed on Monday before this really started.  We had a dusting of snow on Wednesday I guess, and another dusting on Friday morning, but frankly, I have more dust in the house.











 

Riley is the thin one on the left.
Zeus is the not so thin one.

Trooper was trying to play with Lana (left).
Riley (right) kept interfering.
This is Trooper saying "back off, bitch."  She did.

It was cloudy and it felt like snow all day.  Fortunately, these cold days have been mostly windless, and until today, sunny.  The dogs stay active when they are outdoors.  Our household dogs have little appetite for the cold weather, although Trooper and Zeus have been staying  out with the fosters for much of the day.  Gigi goes out briefly, twice a day, to eat and do her business.  The rest of the time she is on her/our bed. 














Augie and Lana have both put on some weight,
which helps with the cold.  They eat as much
as the bigger dogs.

Barack loves to play.

Everyone has good shelter in the outbuildings, plenty of blankets and straw.  The boxers don't have much of a coat, but they stay warm at night and seem to stay warm by playing for much of the day.  Everyone is getting fed twice a day and increased quantities at both feedings.  I make the rounds of the dog yard with the pooper scooper at least 5-6 times a day in an effort to avoid coprophagia. 

Riley (rear) always wants in on whatever
is going on.

Zeus and Barack





This is the entire dog yard gang minus Hercules who is always off by himself with his ball,
and Augie who is probably holed up in the shed to stay warm.
Rear, left to right: Zeus and Barack
Front, left to right: Trooper, Riley, and Lana