Raindrops keep fallin' on my head..

With the rain going on 3 days straight Nawny's walks are limited to whenever the rain lets up. This usually means me peeking outside to see if there is a break, and if there is indeed a pause in the rain, I rush to get on Nawny's blue balloon booties (more on this later) and try to go for as long a walk as weather permits while making sure she goes to the bathroom. I'll have to admit she's got one heck of a bladder, not because I won't let her go, but just because the stubborn girl will literally hold it for no apparent reason sometimes. Lately I have to admit she's been better, but for some reason when it's raining she will stop when stop and lazily look around not sniffing not even a chance of looking like she will go. So that is how it goes... me standing there in a hooded rain jacket holding an umbrella over Nawny... who is wearing blue booties... raindrops fallin' on our heads.

Back to the blue booties. I was always the guy who thought dog shoes to be ridiculous, and yes I am now one of those owners who puts shoes on their dogs, but only when it rains! So the story is, her labby paws are webbed and trap a lot of dirt, water, mud, grass, gravel, sand, small children, you name it. Even if I wipe her paws off with a towel she still tracks in a lotta stuff all over the floor and carpet. I didn't think she would like the actual dog shoes, too bulky. So i got these blue disposable/reusable Pawz booties that are literally balloons that have a wider opening.

UPDATE... in the middle of writing this entry, we got that break in the rain. So we went through our rushed routine and snapped a quick shot of the booties. We went on our walk and Nawny decided that she wanted to be stubborn and hold it this time. So 10 minutes into our walk a block away from home the break in the rain is gone. Gone in like 2 split seconds gone. Gone as in POURING rain gone. Gone as in we are now stuck under a tree in a HAIL STORM gone. So like an respectable owner I crouch and hold the umbrella over her. We crouch there like a sorry pair, in the shadow of a large tree huddled under a umbrella that is way too small hoping it passes in a few minutes. No such luck... it gets worse. MUCH worse the trickle in the gutter that was running by just a few minutes ago... now a small stream, soon to be a urban river. Ok maybe I dramatize but you get my point... someone just dumped a pool on us. Nawny and I decide to make a run for it, after all it's less than a block away. BAD IDEA. I would post a pathetic picture of said wet Lab and owner but she's freezing cold and i'm soaking wet. Time to change and blow dry this wet doggy till she passes out in a warm ball of fur puddled in my lap.