This is a sure sign spring is here. Atticus refuses to drink on winter hikes. He always has. Instead he eats snow. So let yesterday's brief stop at a mountain stream along the Boulder Loop Trail signal the official change of seasons. (For those not wanting to trust Atticus, the "official" start of spring is on Sunday.)
Hi Tom -- Kodi seems to share some genes with Atticus. He too doesn't drink on hikes in the winter. We put a water bowl in front of Kodi after a 7 hour hike and he wants no part of it. As soon as the streams and pond edges open up in the spring, Kodi is in -- lapping up the water and cooling off. So Spring arrived for Kodi too this week!
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely and oddity. But at least we don't have to worry about their pet water bottles freezing during winter hikes.
ReplyDeleteI've noticed Atticus does eat his fair share of snow for fluid replacement. And when we get home he drinks a lot as well.
Since he seems to know what he's doing and he's been doing it since the beginning I don't question it.