A new winter storm is coming

I came straight home after school instead of shopping at Frys. I wanted more time to walk some of the dogs by the river before the mild weather cooled and the rain came. I was in the backyard picking up dog poop when I saw Wolfie attack Fritz and then both dogs locked down on each other's neck. Neither would relent.  They moved around the back yard holding on to each other. What had provoked the fight?!

I know the best thing to do is do nothing, or perhaps pull back on the hind legs. I tried that on Wolfie but he wouldn't let go of Fritz. A bucket of cold water also didn't help.  Neither dog wanted to give in.  The other dogs got away from them.  Even Hansel kept his distance.

When both dogs tired out and quit ten minutes later, both dogs were bloodied. Fritz's old scab under his left eye from the fight last week burst open again. Wolfie  was panting heavily. Back inside the house, both dogs did not seem ready for peace.  The 40-gallon kibble bucket was knocked over, scattering Blue Buffalo kibble all over the living room.  I'm going to let the dogs clean that mess up.

Wolfie was the one who needed a good walk so I let him calm down.  Perhaps he was testy with Fritz because he hadn't had a long walk since the 15th? I cancelled the river walk but  I knew I had to walk him later in the dark around the 'hood.  I had to do that before the rain came later.

But I fell asleep listening to the news and didn't wake up until 10:40. It was starting to drizzle and I still had to isolate Wolfie in the yard. I isolate the dog I'm walking solo in the back yard, so that getting out the fence with the other dogs inside is much easier.  But isolating one dog is never easy because they all want to go on a night walk every night. I finally managed to get Wolfie and we started our walk just past 11pm.  Some rain had already fallen.

It was an usually mild night with 54F and a steady drizzle. I wore my fleece jacket and was warm. There was no wind despite the cloud cover, but by the time we finished our three miles just past midnight, I was wet. Wet, but happy that Wolfie got his walk in.  

This rain will linger for Friday. For us it is the start of a massive winter storm moving East over the weekend. This is expected to be a massive Arctic blast affecting everything East of us for 121M people. Yikes. Exploding trees, burst pipes, and power outages are forecasted. We will see snow above 7000'.