I've said it once, I'll say it a hundred times: I am by no means a winter person (okay, maybe I've mentioned it more than once on the blog...). I love being outside, and it's tough in most parts of America to be outdoors in the winter months when it's often below freezing, snowing, sleeting or raining. This season has been my first time living in months and months of winter in a decade. My California born and raised dog is used to going on long walks year round, and this sometimes hasn't been fun this winter when the weather isn't great. Just the other day as we were sliding around on ice and snow in the neighborhood while my face was freezing and my hands were going numb underneath my gloves, I could feel it dampen my mood. But with a month to go of the official winter ... [Read More]