According to my parents, I was born during a blizzard. I tried to find snow totals for that storm on the Internet, to no avail. I’ll just have to trust them. Since they’ve told me the story at least 40 times, and I’ve heard them tell others just as many times, it must be true. Right?

The Predictions, courtesy of Julia Smith

Before the storm arrived, well in advance, the weather guys said it was going to be a big one. As you can see from the map on the left, we were in the “totally screwed” region. We were supposed to get 20 to 30 inches. I was so excited. I love snow. I really wanted 30 inches. Really.

The dogs love playing in the snow, too. But keep in mind, Meg’s back is 21″ high. She’s our tallest dog. Belle’s back is 18″ high. And she’s got short legs. K has longer legs, but the top of her back is still only about 20 inches off of the ground.

I could not wait to see how the dogs reacted to that much snow. I told Hubby to make sure I was awake first thing in the morning before her let the dogs out. I wanted to get it on video. I did.

Throughout the course of the day, I got lots of other pics and video, too. I’ll have to share more of them later. Between playing in the snow, cooking and eating, I just did not have time yesterday. And now I need to go and shovel some snow. I’ll do a longer post later.

So, I was sitting here thinking to myself, “what can I possibly blog about today?” when an e-mail arrived from my new friend, Julia. She saved the day! Because I was about to say something boring like, “It hasn’t started snowing YET. But it will. Predictions vary, but we could get a couple of FEET.”

The e-mail contained a bunch of doggie pics, which I decided my faithful fans deserved to see. I call this collection of images Weird Shit People Do To and With Their Dogs. Thanks, Julia!

These images got me thinking about what other weird dog pictures might be out there.

So I googled “weird doc pics”. These are just some of the gems I uncovered…

• Weird dog face (you know I have to try this right?)
• Disturbing mom and her offspring
• Here’s  a page with one weird dog AND other pets
• “Art” from Australia
• Who said dogs aren’t farm animals?
• Um… why?
• Not a dog pic, butt funny nonetheless
• Way too time consuming
• I kind of like this one, too bad my dogs already have spots

Sorry, but that’s all I have time for.

And, by the way, it hasn’t started snowing YET. But it will. Predictions vary, but we could get a couple of FEET.

UPDATE

I was reminded that I forgot to add my girlfriend Tracey’s baby girl, Snowy Day, the toy fox terrier who was less than thrilled to be dressed as a pumpkin and then in a Santa suit. Truth be told, I think it was the gold lame booties that pushed her over the edge. She was SO not happy that she refused to move. So when Tracey stood her on the floor, she just fell right over!

Unhappy Halloweenie

Unhappy Snowy Santa

Really Unhappy Snowy Santa

I would have loved to get a picture of Snowy laying frozen on her back, with all four bootie-clad feet sticking straight up in the air, but we were laughing way too hard. You just had to see her face. She was pissed. It was priceless.

If you’d like to see a slideshow I made for Tracey a few years back, click the link below:

Snowy Day’s Tour of America

My dogs LOVE the snow. I love that they love the snow. As if you couldn’t tell by the gazillion snow dog pictures I post.

Seriously, I just love watching them play in the snow. Meg enjoys the snow at her own leisurely pace.

Meg burying her face in the snow.

Meg rolling in the snow.

Meg tunneling through the snow.

The younger dogs enjoy racing around the yard in the snow. Of course, they love racing around the yard in the grass, too.

K chasing Belle.

K and Belle wrastling.

K and Belle wrastling some more.

K and Belle wrastling still.

They play like this a lot. It’s much more entertaining when they are outside. When they’re indoors, it gets sort of noisy.

Wanna see something funny? Yeah? Well first, look at this.

Our cute little Belle.

Isn’t she cute? I mean, really, doesn’t she just have the cutest, most innocent looking little face?

Well, today I captured the funniest/scariest/weirdest picture of Belle ever. See for yourself…

Now THAT is scary.

While I was outside, I also captured this interesting image.

Meltwater

Later, I got a couple more sunset shots. The colors in both were enhanced using Photoshop Elements.

Sunset Sky

Another Sunset Sky

The weather folks are saying we might get another blizzard.

More snow dog pics to come if we do!