Doggie Blankets: Are They Necessary?

Now that it isn't so hand numbingly cold, I find it a bit easier to type. Which means that I now have the opportunity to write about some cute things that happened during the more frigid periods of an L.A. winter.

My house lacks heating, so if you want to stay warm in winter, you either have to bake a lot or wear tons of clothes that most people reserve for the outdoors (think down jackets, wool socks and long underwear). The dogs, on the other hand, just have themselves. Neither me nor my mom are the type to dress up our dogs... Well, okay, I'm not so sure about my mom. But so far, our dogs don't wear sweaters or booties. So just how cold do they get, if they get cold at all?

Photographic proof that Lilah was cold!


Look at those cute back feet tucked under her front legs! And she pretty much only does this when she's cold.

Then I got to wondering, if she's arranging herself to stay warmer, would she appreciate a blanket? Because in her situation, I know that I definitely would.


She didn't seem to mind. Under normal circumstances, Lilah would have started playing and tugging at the towel. But in this case, I guess it was a perfect mix of fatigue and desire to stay warm that kept her calmly resting with the towel tucked around her, undisturbed.