Two random squirts in the snow

Hiya Doggers!

As you are all aware, Vancouver has become a wonderful winter wonderland. There is snow everywhere, and I love the snow.

I love running in it,

I love jumping in it,
I love chasing other doggers, birds and rabbits in it,
I love snowballs,
I love sniffing it,
I love eating it, and you guessed it
I love writing my name in it!

For me that's easy.

To the untrained eye you might say that is just two random squirts in the snow side by side, but those who know me and know my name and have some degree of art appreciation know otherwise. Let's see those fancy hyphenated name champions do that! Sure you may win at obedience, and at agility, and in trials, but can you write your name in the snow?

On that note, I have a rather embarrassing story to tell you from my evening run with my monkey last night. While we we out my monkey stopped to mark his territory on a tree and, as usual, I provided the health diagnostics services by sniffing the pee. It has become my habit to mark the area as well, and I either take a few steps away or pee on the other side of the tree.

However, last night I must have been light headed from the wind driven snow and I just side stepped a little and lifted my leg. Now, this leg lifting technique is new to me as I prefer the squat technique, finding it more elegant and esthetically pleasing in symmetry and form. It is also easier to write my name from the squat than from a wobbly tripod.

So I lifted my leg, stabilized myself by dropping my head and leaning right (left up), looked down and to my horror saw my monkey's shoe! It was right there in the "outer 25% probable splash zone"!

Luckily he noticed my absent mindedness and pulled his foot away before my winter calligraphy began, in this case my "JJ" looking like I was a late developing pre-schooler with a broken and chewed on crayon.

As an end note, no feet were deliberately or accidentally urinated upon in the reporting of this story.

The Gaffer