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Several years ago I bought a knee length Land's End down coat at the thrift store. I may look like I am wearing someone's comforter, but I'm warm. I think that i paid $20 for it.
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It's winter. The dog still has to be walked.
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Twixlen said:
No kidding! It *hurts* to fall. Since I am now insurance-free, I go through these periods of deep paranoia about randomly hurting myself... by falling on ice/down stairs/whatnot. Hence, the Yaktrax religion - at least for outdoors in this business.One benefit of most winter clothing is padding. Every little bit helps. Also, if tuck your arms in and head down you can reduce chances of injury from a fall. Judo lessons might be a bit much, but at least don't try to catch yourself but instead roll with it.
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James
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Twixlen said:
My only complaint about them is their relatively short lifespan - I don't know if it's the way I walk, or the boots I have, or what, but one season is it. I started keeping a spare pair on hand... had to put a new one on one boot today!They are still worth it. Genius!
I think the instructions say they aren't supposed to be used on dry surfaces. When the sidewalk has been cleared I go out of my way to run in the snow alongside to save the yaktrax. I think I saw a pair of more heavy duty ones at outdoor source that might take dry surfaces a bit better.
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Analogue Kid
Olentangy West
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Twixlen said:
Yaktrax - I don't even understand how someone could walk in a neighborhood without these things. It's so friggin' icy.Thanks so much for pointing these out! My daily walk to the bus stop has me coming close to biting it multiple times now with all the ice on the sidewalks. These look great!
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Coremodels
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I own the most impractical shoes and nothing else. I will fall this winter, for sure, at least once. Odds are good it will be with an audience, and at least partly the fault of my dog.
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hugh59
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We got tired of walking the dog in bad weather. So we closed off the back of our yard with a garage and fenced off the rest of the back yard. It was a long, hard trial getting the height variance. We were originally going for something more modest, but when the City opposed us, we decided to go for broke.
This also makes it convenient when we want to park our dirigible.
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groundrules
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thank god someone finally built that vertical farm project.
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Twixlen
The Weston District
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James said:
I think the instructions say they aren't supposed to be used on dry surfaces. When the sidewalk has been cleared I go out of my way to run in the snow alongside to save the yaktrax. I think I saw a pair of more heavy duty ones at outdoor source that might take dry surfaces a bit better.I do the same thing when walking - avoid the concrete whenever possible... and I had the pro version one season, and they lasted no longer. It's probably some wack way I walk.
I used to only find them online - but Outdoor Source & the Eddie Bauer Outlet seem to have them regularly.
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Twixlen
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Hugh - HILARIOUS. You are hired for my next garage remodel.
I wish just having a fenced in yard was enough for my crazy dog. We've always walked, he expects to walk, and if he doesn't get a walk, he'll mope around the house or be so annoying I can't stand it. He also has an aversion to doing his business in his own yard. It's a whole thing.
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alexs
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Along similar lines, winter tires usually have a softer tread compound. There can be an advantage in getting traction on ice, when the rubber is soft and the ice bites into the rubber, instead of hard rubber rattling around on top of the ice.
Try walking on some ice on foam rubber soles vs. smooth leather-soled shoes.
The tradeoff is a short tread life on dry pavement, and shorter on gravel.
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tdziemia
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Ow, wow, it's so cool to read a thread that's for and about us DOGS!!
Me and my sis LOVE THE SNOW. I mean, we can hardly wait to get OFF THE LEASH when owner takes us someplace where that's allowed (or maybe not, cause we get some odd looks). Schiller Park is good, and now I spend a lot of time in Hilliard, and there are some nice fields out there, too. Run around, stick your nose in deeply sniffing out those mice and voles that are still running around below the snow. Haven't goten one yet, but think I'm gettin close.
Only problem for us is getting our feet wiped off when we get back in the house. I tolerate it OK, but sis is a weenie and whines sometime. Course when it gets really cold there's nothing to wipe, 'cause every friggin' molecule out there is frozen. Also makes it a bit tougher to sniff out just the right spot for a nice pleasing dump; drives owner crazy 'specially at night, but y'know some things just can't be hurried.
Yeah, the ice is a bitch. Before we got off the street and onto fresh snow one morning this week, owner tugged at my leash (OK, I admit, I was into some seriously aromatic garbage), and I slipped and wound up sliding on my side. Wow, did he look guilty. Woulda had the tail between his legs if he had one. Didn't bother me, though; I am one tough dalmation. Gimme ice, gimme snow, gimme 5 or 10 below, just get me OFF THE LEASH.
WOO HOO!
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James
Upper Arlington
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tdziemia said:
Ow, wow, it's so cool to read a thread that's for and about us DOGS!!Me and my sis LOVE THE SNOW. I mean, we can hardly wait to get OFF THE LEASH when owner takes us someplace where that's allowed (or maybe not, cause we get some odd looks). Schiller Park is good, and now I spend a lot of time in Hilliard, and there are some nice fields out there, too. Run around, stick your nose in deeply sniffing out those mice and voles that are still running around below the snow. Haven't goten one yet, but think I'm gettin close.
Only problem for us is getting our feet wiped off when we get back in the house. I tolerate it OK, but sis is a weenie and whines sometime. Course when it gets really cold there's nothing to wipe, 'cause every friggin' molecule out there is frozen. Also makes it a bit tougher to sniff out just the right spot for a nice pleasing dump; drives owner crazy 'specially at night, but y'know some things just can't be hurried.
Yeah, the ice is a bitch. Before we got off the street and onto fresh snow one morning this week, owner tugged at my leash (OK, I admit, I was into some seriously aromatic garbage), and I slipped and wound up sliding on my side. Wow, did he look guilty. Woulda had the tail between his legs if he had one. Didn't bother me, though; I am one tough dalmation. Gimme ice, gimme snow, gimme 5 or 10 below, just get me OFF THE LEASH.
WOO HOO!
I know what you mean about the voles. I swear I'm about to get one and my owner is tugging on the leash trying to get me to go home. He says he gets cold or something.
Anyways, I'm trying to convince my owner to get some of those roller skis so we can go faster together on the trail by the river. I just have to be careful not to wrap my leash in his wheels.
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tdziemia
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Hey, we should get together on the "mayhem by leash" thing sometime and trade notes. When I'm out with my sis on two leashes, we can practically wrap owner up like a mummy and watch him do all kinds of crazy shit trying to get untangled.
Humans can be a hoot sometime!
p.s. Love those black and white duds you've got ... very elegant. Evening wear?
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