Comments on: Bailey the Unknown Reindeer

Bailey the Unknown Reindeer

vytae — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:51:27 -0800

Winter showed up with a vengeance over most of the country. This video is helping me love the season.

By: notsnot

notsnot — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:52:43 -0800

Saw that last week (not trying to brag or nuthin'). God taht dog looks joyous. I was laughing with joy watching.

By: schroedinger

schroedinger — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:55:03 -0800

I saw this the other day, it is just the cutest damn thing.

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:09:02 -0800

This is my pooch Silver doing that. He loves that deep snow so much, and is eagerly awaiting the next 4 foot storm. Now, however, he has a sister to play with in it.

By: 445supermag

445supermag — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:22:55 -0800

I swear I saw this on the news about 10 years ago, now I can explain to people about snow in places with cold temps and low humidity.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:43:41 -0800

We had a dog that loved snow that much. The beginning of winter was always a blast.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:47:08 -0800

That's a cute video. When we lived in Michigan our dog hated the snow and I didn't blame her. She was kind of small so we had to stamp down a spot for her to pee in if the snow was deep. I remember many cold winter nights standing in the backyard telling the dog: "Do your pittle!"

By: netbros

netbros — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:37:23 -0800

Beautiful photo Eekacat.

By: Lemurrhea

Lemurrhea — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:35:41 -0800

That was a great video. Does anyone remember the Peter Seller film Screamers (based on a Philip K. Dick story, I think)? With the machines that run at you underground, just a trail of disturbed earth to see where they are, and then leap out of the ground? No reason for the question, just popped into my head.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:46:24 -0800

What country? Oh, right.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:00:54 -0800

My cat does that! no he doesn't.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:48:28 -0800

I'm like that here in England. Except with Rain. Cold wet rain. Oh and without the happy and the actually being outside.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:08:04 -0800

Cold wet rain. But it's still rain, right? Rain means warm. Melty warm. You don't usually get buried under two feet of rain. Nor does rain make getting your car out of the driveway a two-hour endeavor. Only to have the damned plow-guy dump a bunch of rain back into your driveway, promising more happy memories for when you get back from work that night. Rain doesn't make your door stick shut (or your trunk/boot... or your hood), it doesn't make your wipers fail, it doesn't get up in your wheel well and wrap itself around every single component of your vehicle like a cold, salt-and-dirt-filled cancerous tomb. Rain ain't shit.

By: sandraregina

sandraregina — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:25:20 -0800

Bailey burrowing in the snow reminded me of those Bugs Bunny cartoons, with Bugs speeding through the earth, leaving only a ridge of disturbed earth to show his path. Happy dogs make me happy. And man is that dog happy.

By: Mastercheddaar

Mastercheddaar — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:54:07 -0800

My mom has two huskies that do that same thing when it snows heavy. At least someone enjoys the white stuff.... Ah who am I kidding... No work! No school! Snow Forts!!!!!!!!!!1 :>) thx for the post

By: bystander

bystander — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:58:07 -0800

Summer here. Oh, you mean another country.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:22:14 -0800

"Bailey burrowing in the snow reminded me of those Bugs Bunny cartoons..." "MIAMI BEACH AT LAST!!!" ("I KNEW I shoulda taken that left toin at Alba-koy-kee.")

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:31:57 -0800

"Bailey burrowing in the snow reminded me of those Bugs Bunny cartoons..." ~~"MIAMI BEACH AT LAST!!!"~~ THIS AIN'T PISMO BEACH!! ("I KNEW I shoulda taken that left toin at Alba-koy-kee.") posted by Mike D

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:01:45 -0800

In '78, my family lived in the Chicago area. Our neighbor had a really annoying, noisy, stinky, slobbering, old hound dog, Rufus, that would follow us around all the time and get into our reindeer games. When the blizzard hit we dug giant tunnels in the snow, then we made a little cave and shoved Rufus in and blocked his egress with long icicles, then ran off to sled and play. My dad heard a terrible howling and came out to rescue Rufus, but by then we'd run off and he was too old and tired to follow! Good times, good times.

By: vytae

vytae — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:01:53 -0800

Wow, sorry for not specifying which country. It's hard to remember to be Mefi-PC when I'm smiling so hard about an adorable, joyful dog. Yeesh. Lemurrhea, I've been trying to find that movie for years! I was starting to think I was remembering a particularly detailed nightmare as reality. Of course, in this instance I prefer the Bugs Bunny comparison...

By: hincandenza

hincandenza — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:31:09 -0800

Lemurrhea: That was a great video. Does anyone remember the Peter Seller film Screamers (based on a Philip K. Dick story, I think)? With the machines that run at you underground, just a trail of disturbed earth to see where they are, and then leap out of the ground?

Uh, I think you're thinking of Peter Weller of Robocop/Buckaroo Banzai fame, and not, say, this guy. Although admittedly that would have been all kinds of awesome.

By: quin

quin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:21:05 -0800

The bit from about 1:20 to 2:00 where Baily is completely under the snow and just burrowing along is nearly impossible for me to watch without slowly developing a big goofy grin on my face. There is something so incredibly enthusiastic about the whole venture. My dog has a similar reaction... for about three bounds. It goes something like this: Cattle dog goes in the back yard. There is a rabbit sitting on top of the snow which is about two feet deep. Cattle dog sees bunny and tries to chase, rabbit disappears like a magic trick. Cattle dog makes it three steps before she realizes that snow is cold, she can't see me, and the bunny is probably laughing at her. She then races back inside and heads for any spot where she can get under some blankets. She isn't what I'd call the proudest example of her canine breed.

By: terranova

terranova — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:04:11 -0800

Meanwhile, indoors...

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:11:10 -0800

Summer here. Oh, you mean another country. What!? That's impossible.