New Lights for Walking at Night

So my dad walks Teagan in the morning while I'm busy with my daycare kids and then I walk her again in the evening with Ryan.  But since it gets dark so early now, it's usually quite dark when that second walk of the day happens.  We live in the city though, so it's not that dark but the other day we were crossing a street and a car whipped around the corner right in front of Teagan - like less than a foot from her!  It could have been that this driver was just an asshat but just to be safe, I got some new lights for Teagan and I to wear when we walk at night.  Here they are:

I bought them from TitleNine.  I chose pink because that's Teagan's color, but they come in a variety of different colors.  The SpotLit ones were $8 each and the StrobeLight one was $10.

I don't know about Teagan, but I really like them.  The SpotLit kind easily clips onto her collar and the zipper on my coat and they seem very secure.  The StrobeLight one I've been clipping to her harness but I'm a little worried about it falling off and getting lost.  Both kinds have two settings:  constantly on or flashing on/off.  The flashing is a little annoying so we don't use that setting.  They are really bright too!

There's Teagan, ready for her evening walk.

Evening walk... and another sweater to wear!

Teagan:  "Oh no!  Erin put another sweater on me for my evening walkie!  I feel so awkward - does it show?  And now she wants to put the Musher's Secret on my feet too?!?  Why are humans so weird?!"

Happy New Year from Keeley & Teagan

Here they are at the doggie park this morning.  Running around and being silly dogs.  Keeley is still a play-baby even though he's almost 9 years old.

Teagan loves to eat frozen sticks.  It's troublesome because what goes in must come out at some point.

There's Keeley with his Grandpa.  There weren't any critters for the dogs to hunt today because it's too cold out.

Winter at Minooka

We went to Minooka on Saturday. There's Teagan and her grandma.For some reason I was surprised that there were so many dogs there because it was pretty cold out. But I should have known better. I mean this is Wisconsin, afterall. A little cold is not going to keep people (or their dogs) indoors.
Keeley and Teagan had a great time. These conditions are hard on Keeley's bad leg and he often resorts to his 3 leg hop, but he never complains and is always happy to go places like this.
Teagan always sticks close by to me, her grandma, or Keeley. I feel bad for Keeley since little siblings can be so annoying sometimes.
Keeley likes to walk all over and meet every dog at the park. Here he is sniffing another dog's butt. He's such a friendly guy.

Winter is here!

It's snowing! And it's supposed to snow all day long and tomorrow too.
This is Teagan's first winter and she is totally loving the snow. She especially likes to eat it.
The cold must bother Keeley's bad leg because he's been doing his 3 leg hop more and more lately. My poor sweet boy!
Teagan likes the snow so much, she doesn't want to come inside when I call her. At least Keeley is a good boy dog.

By the way, I think this is our 200th post!