Today we had our first significant snowfall of December, 2008.We started our morning with school being closed, so Kodi and I took advantage of the early morning and lack of traffic and went for our walk before the snow started to fall.
We played in the yard a bit before coming inside. Once inside, I did a little housework and parked my power chair to charge it.
My son came out and told me it was snowing and I was shocked to see that the grass was already covered.
When Kodi let me know he needed to go outside, I bundled up and went out to shovel a path around the deck, down the ramp into the yard. He was a bit hesitant at first, but when we got to the bottom of the ramp, he sat down, tail wagging and let me put him on his 'tie-out cable'. When I let go, off he went like a shot.
He ran all over the yard, bouncing, jumping, shoveling the snow with his nose. We stayed outside for about a half hour while he played, as the snow fell hard.
Once back inside, it was hard to occupy Kodi's mind. He kept looking at the door, restless. When he began to whimper, I bundled back up and out we went to shovel once again. He played in the yard again, tossing his tuggy around, jumping on it, eating snow.
We went back out again to shovel and play in the yard. I tried to shovel the front sidewalk, but was gasping for breath, winter asthma stealing the air from my lungs as I slowly maneuvered the steps one at a time, using the shovel as a support.
Inside, my son took my coat and hung it up for me as I collapsed into my recliner. Kodi heard me breathing hard, wheezing and came right to me, standing up with his paws on my shoulders, forcing me back into the chair as he licked my face, ears, eyes, chin and mouth, nibbling on my nose. He rubbed the side of his face against my cheek as he licked my ear.
We later, went back out again to shovel and play in the yard right before my husband was due home from work. When he pulled into the driveway Kodi ran to the truck, jumping in the snow.
They played, chasing one another around the yard, Kodi dodging my husband's snow balls, grabbing his gloves and tugging on them.
It's pretty clear we're going to have trouble keeping him inside this winter.
