Experience the great outdoors this winter
22.05.12
Last summer, my brother and his fiancée adopted a mixed breed black Lab/border collie puppy to be a companion to their first dog, Fraser. Because Fraser is also a black Lab/border collie, I expected the dogs to have similar personalities. I was surprised to find out just how mistaken I was.
Fraser, the older dog, is a big fan of the outdoors. He loves to run, but most of all he loves just being outside. He enjoys all varieties of weather — the only time he has ever gotten tired of being outside was after a blizzard down in Illinois last winter, where he couldn’t get around because the drifts were too high.
Fisher, the puppy, is more of a people-oriented, happy-to-stay-inside dog. He doesn’t love the outdoors the way Fraser does, and really dislikes any sort of inclement weather. If it rains, if it’s snowing, he wants to be inside.
It could be just an extreme difference in personalities, but what I have taken from Fraser and Fisher’s behavior is that, in order to develop a love of the outdoors, you have to experience the outdoors.
Source: The Arenac County Independent