My dog the wimp

Yup, my dog is a wimp. I have tried to break his wimpyness over the past few months, but today it has been confirmed that I have failed miserably.

On our walk today, or should I say attempt at a walk today, my dog only made it about 5 minutes away from the house. Now I know it's cold, and I've even seen some of the horrid white stuff falling from the sky this morning, but still... 5 minutes. We got across the street onto the path we normally take that goes by a park, he sniffed some trees and then started pulling back towards the house. Now my dog is a small dog so I could have forced him to keep walking, but why bother, if I would have he only would have started whining. So we made it 5 minutes out and turned around and came back home. Once he could see the house he got all excited and started jumping up and down at the end of the leash as if saying "come on, hurry up, it's cold out here". He ran up to the door, and sat all nicely, waiting for me to open the door and take off his leash, then proceeded to RUN LIKE A MAD FOOL around the house for 5 minutes. I really think he was trying to tell me that he didn't need to go for a walk, that he was quite content running around the house where it's warm.

I really think my dog thinks I was crazy for trying to make him walk in the cold. He has an aversion to any kind of crappy weather (heck you have to force him to pee in the rain) but seriously. My dog is a wimp, so be it... maybe I'll have to buy him a sweater or something. Maybe I'll become one of those dog owners who puts him in a little jacket... maybe... gah, this is like another circle of hell, the circle of small dogs in people clothes... damn it I may have to give in. Well, good luck to all you wimpy dog owners, the winter has only started!