Speaking of dogs, we have a weird dog behavioral issue.

[conuly]

Moonpie likes to go on walks. She really does! So long as the weather is reasonably clement and there's no unexpected loud noises, she enjoys her walks. Her tail wags, she sniffs all over, she runs around, it's great.

But she doesn't like the part where she actually has to leave the house. If she thinks it's walk time she hides. She sits on people's laps and buries her head. If you leash her she refuses to move, and if you put her on the floor she just slides along until you give up and carry her to the door. Once she's out the door, she's fine - but she doesn't want to walk to the door to go outside. You cannot bribe her with treats, she will not be bribed.

I don't think she was like this before last year's bout of terrible fireworks (omg never again plz).

It's more of an amusing hassle than a real problem, because of course she doesn't weigh much, but it must be upsetting for her.

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[pwcorgigirl]

Our Lily Dog hates to get wet and for a while we had to carry her outside if it was sprinkling rain or had rained. She did finally get over it, but we have to step outside the back door to get her to go outside on her own. This is a big improvement over having to carry her outside. She's a dachshund-chihuahua mix, but the chihuahua had little to say about her size: she's built more like a standard dachshund and weighs a muscular 20 pounds. It was really developing my forearm muscles to pick her up and cart her outside.