Poopatorium

[Deb G.]

What a lovely poopatorium!  And, the dual-purpose certainly makes it a double-value!  Sophie & Sam don't mind going out in snow at all, but rain is another thing!  Although they are really quite good about it.  In the winter, while we continue to clip toenails down, we allow paw hair to grow.  It gives protection when walking on Iowa's snowy, icy ground.  But in the spring, we trim Sophie's paw hair as well as the nails (Sam's paw hair never grows very long, but Sophie's is nothing short of magnificent).  Extra scampering and twirling occurs when the paw hair is first trimmed.  Must be like the first day each year that you got to go barefoot!  In the summer, our treetops are dense enough to offer some protection from the elements, but right now, there's no protection, and Sophie wants a poopatorium.  She may get a small patio later this year, but for the time being, she won't have a poopatorium. :(  But, when the dogs come back into the house when it's been raining out, the towel rub-down is enjoyable enough that it may make that trip out in the rain worth it to them.  And, having a poopatorium has got to make the pickup duty easier too.  Lucky Girl, Hallie! :)

[Dee Dee and Hallie]

The good news is you will never have to worry about getting one of your Mom's kidney's Scoot, unlike Fred and me, I think you and your Mom wear different sizes!  :thumb:
Yes she is just fine she has inherited a touch of her Mom's bad tummy me thinks, she does this once in a while and then she's fine for a long time. I can't always connect it to anything she ate...?

Hallie's sister is tougher than she is! She used to be ok with going out in the wet and cold even though her little ears would practically drag the ground in dispair...but now since I've started to carry her out to the poopatorium in a warm from the dryer blanket, she will just stand at the open door when it's raining and look over her shoulder at me like, you've got to be kidding me. As soon as she's done her thing in the poopatorium she runs over with her back to me and holds up one hind leg and waits, like Oooh my paw got slightly damp pick me up quick and get me back to the house! She loves going out when it's nice though so my next project is figuring out how we can buy her a winter home in Arizona (ha right!).

It also sounds like Sophie has Hallie's bountiful feetie hair! I can just see her dancing and prancing around what a doll...I would love to see some current photos of her and Sam! We wish we could share the poopatorium with them but a new patio sounds wonderful!

[scootersmom]

The good news is you will never have to worry about getting one of your Mom's kidney's Scoot, unlike Fred and me, I think you and your Mom wear different sizes! :thumb:
Yes she is just fine she has inherited a touch of her Mom's bad tummy me thinks, she does this once in a while and then she's fine for a long time. I can't always connect it to anything she ate...?

I just snorted coffee through my sinuses at the thought of trying to fit a me-sized kidney into Scooter.  HAHAHAHAHAHA

(Scooter: I THINK IT IS NOT SO FUNNY, MOM)
(Scooter: *pouts*)

I'm glad Hallie is fine!  Sweet girl.   

[Shumard4]

ok well at least I am not as crazy as my neighbors think I had a portable carport for my pups for a couple of years then a storm took it out and we bought an ez up that last till the first wind, I was hot........so last summer we put an actual carport in our backyard and the neighbors just shook their heads. I plan to put turf down under it this summer.

[Dee Dee and Hallie]

And don't even THINK about trying to give him a lung...!!! 

I hate to tell you Sue...but you ARE as crazy as people think.  :thumb: BUT you are in the land of crazy dachshund people here where of course, our reality IS sane. After all, the definition of insanity is the way the minority behaves and in Wiener Writing Land, we RULE!

I had considered the EZ Up idea but also figured it would turn into a neighborhood terrifying kite in the first wind. I looked into all kinds of tents, greenhouses, small buildings, etc but I wanted something that could withstand hurricane force as I didn't want to worry about her being out there and the thing taking her off to Oz...this one doesn't budge. It is the best feeling to be standing there waiting for her to do her thing when it's pouring buckets on the roof and bring her back in the house without a drop of water on her. The carport idea sounds ideal!