Our current house has a HUGE backyard. However, it is not fenced in. We fenced in a small area for them, but it is not very hospitable to grass. They also have free range of the screen porch. This is not enough. While Klaus enjoys digging in the dirt and rolling around, Zoe is a designer-mutt princess. She spent the 1st year of her life living in Los Angeles. Then, I adopted her and we lived in an apartment. While she got at least 3 miles of walks every day, she was still an indoor dog. From there, we moved to a townhouse (and gained a man.) She had a small backyard, but there was no grass. She has always spent a ton of time indoors, and now turns her nose up at being outside. (Yet, if you let her go at the lake, she couldn't be happier. She runs up and down canyons like a pro. She wades through water and dirt like it is in her blood.) She will whine and whine and whine. I am sure our neighbors think that she is being tortured every time she is put outside for more than 30 minutes.
Today, we brought the Mutleys with us to our new house. Neither one of them made a peep the entire 9 hours we were there. At one point it was so quiet that we thought that they might have escaped. Nope. They were happily lounging in the shade. Klaus has already claimed the back stoop as his spot. Forcing you to push him out of the way to even walk outside. Zoe roamed through the overgrown ivy. Klaus rolled in the grass. They both wore happy, doggy smiles.
Because they are just too cute when they cuddle with me on the couch.
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