Socks on a Dog

There are clothing items made only for man. One of these, my guess at least, are socks. However, when the temperature is 11 degrees below zero and you have an indoor dog that "goes" outside, you have to put something over their paws or the cold drops them to the ground like a tranquilized elephant—and the fun of retrieving them in in your bathrobe commences.

Now, this is no big deal with a Chihuaua, Westy or even a Pitbull, but when your German Shepherd goes down in the arctic you kinda wish you would have kept the gym membership a few more months as you scamper out in the blizzard to carry the beast inside (all the time wishing you would have put up that fence last fall so this drama wouldn't have played out in your neighbors yard.)

Back to the socks. Last year we used tube socks and medical tape to suit up our canine to "tinkle in the tundra." This year we bought the real deal that has leather feet and a network of suspenders which web over her back to keep them on. Sweet? Sure, in a perfect world where you can tranquilize your dog, slip on the socks, revive them and then let them out. But after you rob man's best friend of all guard-dog dignity by showing the socks to her, you pick up one foot at a time and try to slide it in the sock being careful not catch her claws or dew-claw in the process. It's like holding a handful of butter knives and then simply attempting to slip a sock over that hand—four times—and all of this before coffee.

Let us pray for an early Spring.