Dig out + 7

It's been 7 days since the last snowflake fell and the dig out continues.  Diggers and lorries have been hard at work removing snow from the streets and most of the pavements are clear.  There's the odd householder who is too lazy to clear their sidewalk so I save my pee for outside their property.   It's a valuable service I provide, although I am in danger of serious dehydration on some routes.

Ice is the biggest problem now; not under foot as I use 4 paw drive when it gets slippy, it's the stuff that is falling from the roofs.  Some of the icicles are over 2 feet long: if one of those fell off it could skewer me like a suckling pig.

The salt is really starting to hurt my paws.  It gets between my toes and itches like mad, so then I start licking them and they get all red and sore.  My human has started washing them after my walk which at first was a bit odd but now I'm really enjoying a soak and foot massage after pounding the streets.

I'm very disappointed by the lack of snowmen, woman or children.  The only one I have seen is the one in the picture below.  Nobody seems to play out.  The only people I see are a handful of other dogs and their humans and even then it's only the hardy breeds like me that are out.  All the little yappie things must do their stuff indoors when it's cold or wet because you never see them out when the weather is bad.