jeebus dog

[Kali]

walking on water














I know this isn't a big deal to some of you, but a whole frozen stock pond around here is freaking RARE.:rofl: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[siligut]

1. How thick is the ice?

Smart dog, I seem to remember something about Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Dog is smart enough to know the water has changed, or something like that.

[Kali]

2. I'm going to say an inch and a half or two there near "shore"

I chopped a hole with a crappy hoe that was in the back of the truck and it was kind of hard to do! that thing out on the ice behind Lupe was a big chunk of mesquite I tossed out to try and make her go after it - didn't seem to dent or crack anything out there either.

You should have seen the crowd of little grey birds that descended on the hole for a drink though!

[siligut]

4. She was hesitant to go out too far?

Very smart girl indeed. Ha! The birds went south to avoid this sort of cold, so much for that.

[Kali]

6. she's no lab, that's for sure!

she had to have the other dog show her how to even go that far out when it was just water. I don't think she has actually been deep enough to swim yet (just got her in October) will see when it warms up and I can go out and show her - the other dog isn't a swimmer either, but he likes to get all wet and muddy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Good morning, my dear Kali!

Great pictures!

It's funny...the water doesn't look frozen.

I'm surprised the temps got down low enough for that to happen...

:hi:

[Kali]

5. morning!

Thursday the 3rd we hit 5.9F hear at the house! Must be some kind of record. Crazy. Two days later I was barefoot in the afternoon for a few hours!

[Crystal Clarity]

7. Wow that looks like it'd be great ice skating

(if it's thick enough) perfectly clear of snow w/no ice buckles and bumps that I can tell. And it's see-through! Really cool.

Is it normal for you guys to see that pond freeze? Strange weather everyone seems to be having. Lupe seems to be enjoying it though. :-)

[Kali]

9. not normal at all!

I've seen the edges freeze, and our troughs freeze over at least a couple times a year, but I have never seen the whole surface on any of the ponds freeze. (we have three that usually hold over the winter)

there was no snow with that cold snap - it was VERY weird, indeed

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. Dumbass is gonna pull THIS on Lupe after "The Big Thaw":

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[Kali]

10. when I was in high school the neighbors had a cat that would go in the pool.

pretty cool to watch