Day 228 was a very cold walk. Very cold. And it’s getting colder before it warms up again. Poor Choppy made it about half a mile and then just refused to go any further, so we turned around and headed home (hence the shorter-than-normal walk).
Date: December 13, 2016
Location: Jefferson, Wisconsin
Length: 1.0 Miles
Temperature: 11° F (-11.6° C); feels like 0° (-17.7° C)
Who: Sarah & Choppy
Travels with Choppy 
We sometimes get down to those temperatures (and worse; -18°C is the lowest since we arrived here ten years ago). That’s a good time to be somewhere else, which explains, in part, why we’re bundling in to our motorhome on Saturday and going to Spain for a few weeks.
Have a great Christmas, and stay warm. Brrrrr.
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I agree with the idea of being somewhere else – enjoy Spain! It is somewhere I would love to visit!
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It’s only expected to be about five degrees Celcius warmer than here, but we’re going to a campsite run by an Anglo-Spanish couple, which means we end up with a seriously good traditional English Christmas, with Spanish highlights – and someone else will be doing all the work!
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Sounds like a most excellent plan!
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Sensible girl Choppy! We’d refuse to go any further much earlier 😀
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She didn’t even make it that far today (of course, it was also a lot colder today – it hardly seems possible, but it was!
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Yikes!
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Oh, brrrr. We’re getting those temps tomorrow & Friday (south of Boston)
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It is somehow even colder today. It was -4 when we walked this morning, and felt like -19. I hope it doesn’t get quite that bad there! Thankfully, it is warming up a bit next week.
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That is mind-numbingly cold! Maybe Choppy needs sheepskin boots? 😀
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She needs something – the cold has started bothering her. I have to find her some boots she doesn’t object to.
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I have the very thing . . . .
BACON BOOTS!!!! 😀
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Yes!
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You walked a mile in 11 degrees? My dog wouldn’t have even gone outside. He doesn’t even like walking in rain!.
I’m subscribing to your blog so I can vicariously enjoy your dog walking!
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Oh, that was a balmy walk – it is even colder now!
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At least you tried and made it a mile. I think Tippy would have been okay. It would have been me turning around. I just can’t take the wind when it is cold. If I don’t have something over my temples, I get an ice cream type headache.
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The snow is pretty though.
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Very pretty – with more on the way!
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I am very bundled up for the walks – as little skin as possible shows. Choppy actually gets cold before me. I keep a close eye on her to make sure she is OK in these temperatures.
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Yes. That’s a good idea, to keep an eye on her. Dogs can handle a lot, but they do get cold too, esp. in those temperatures.
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Most definitely. Choppy only made it about 1/4 of the walk this morning. I took her home and continued on by myself.
And then she stuck her head out the window for part of the drive to work. I do not understand how she determines when something is too cold to do.
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I guess walking in it and just enjoying it are 2 different things. LOL Do you get to take Choppy to work with you every day? What kind of work do you do?
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I take her some days – we have another dog who comes to the office, but they don’t get along. Some planning has to happen when she comes in! And I am a lawyer, but we don’t really have many clients in the office so having the dogs there doesn’t bother anyone.
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That’s nice. Too bad the two dogs don’t get along. It would be nice if you could take her with you most days. Lawyer, huh? Don’t think I would have guessed that as your occupation…don’t know why, just wouldn’t have.
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So cold!
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Today is worse – but we’re warming up a bit tomorrow (which means it starts snowing tomorrow as well – right now it’s pretty much too cold to snow).
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yeah we are heading for 4 degrees on Saturday as a high!
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Stay warm!
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Thanks you too
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Oh wow that IS cold, stay indoors Choppy!
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We’re looking forward to warmer temperatures this weekend and next week (still not warm, but anything warmer is welcome!).
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With all the racket geese make, we’d want to cut our walk short too. 😉 Well that and the big goose-egg of a wind chill. Ours was 4 this morning so I completely empathize.
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That’s not a fun temperature! It’s the time of year when I start dreaming of warmer places pretty much hourly.
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Travel pictures of warmer climates and hot drinks are the only thing that get us through the day.
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I listen to a lot of Jimmy Buffett this time of the year!
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Would Choppy sit in a pram covered in blankets while you push her around?
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Probably. I can’t say I’ve ever tried it, though!
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The geese said they’re cold, too!
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I’m sure they are! When I think it is cold, I have to remember it could be worse – I could be in the water as well!
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Looks like a very cold day… I am sending you two warm breezes from the Southern Hemisphere 😀 best wishes.
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We will take all the warm breezes you will send us.
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Choppy needs a sweater and booties. Not that she’d wear them or maybe she would with all the practice she has wearing costumes. I tried that on our last dog and it was NO WAY. At least you made it 1/2 mi. before turning around. I expect you are walking VERY fast! 😉
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Choppy will wear the booties – she just doesn’t want to walk around in them. Perhaps if I put them on outside she might be better about walking in them. I just need to make her realize that they are helpful to her!
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I highly commend her commitment and yours too. It takes a lot to actually rise and go to work in this weather. It is kudos to anyone who could rise and actually go for a walk in it.
Well done guys.
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I am glad I have the accountability that comes with posting it here on the blog – I think I would have given up earlier without it!
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I can’t blame Choppy for ending the walk. It really must have been unbelievably cold. Shame, and she is getting on in age, so maybe feeling the cold even more than usual.
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I would think she might feel it more, and then she goes out and rolls around in the snow. I don’t really understand at all!
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