Cabin Fever

We had several inches of snow last weekend and we are now in the melt/refreeze stage. This makes for tough going for eldest Sheltie Dusty as their pawmarks in the snow refreeze. Our back yard looks like a mini-sea with tufts and curls of snow. Poor Dusty slips and slides out there in the morning. We only allow the dogs to QUIETLY go outside to potty - Dusty because he is elderly and we don't want him to fall, Shiloh because of his injury and we don't want him to fall, Blitz because his bare legs can be cut on the ice, risking another infection, and the other two, well, just STOP IT. So getting exercise is challenging. Erik has taken to putting Daisy on the treadmill and she adores it. I run the other dogs when the snow is slushy but this leads to very muddy dogs, which then need to be washed/toweled/dried before they can re-enter the house. With five of them this is a major undertaking.
The dogs hadn't been run since yesterday afternoon and Moto and Blitz were extremely squirrely this morning. Shiloh had had his morning therapy and was resting comfortably, Dusty - well, he pretty much always rests comfortably these days and Daisy was downstairs doing the treadmill with Erik. Moto decided to entice Blitz to play "catch me if you can" which is pretty darned cute when it's outside. But a 50-lb Sheltie in a small home scooting around is a dangerous undertaking. Lampstands swayed, cords got tangled up and sent phone chargers flying, silk plants were banged into and the thundering of scittering Shelties made doing anything else impossible. I should have stopped it but hey, the TV wasn't that interesting early in the morning and Moto is so clumsy it made for cheap entertainment. Blitz is like a WWF wrestler, launching himself from the stairs onto the waiting Moto. Dusty begged to come onto the couch to get away from the scrabble. He and I watched - Dusty clearly wanted it to stop but I sipped my coffee and giggled at the two silly boys.
It was all over in a few minutes and they are now taking a morning nap with the other three. It's to get above freezing again and we might even get RAIN at the end of the week, getting rid of the rest of the snow for good.
Now that the house is quiet, I'll go work out on the Wii fit. It's not been very kind to me lately. Maybe this morning I can make it happy.