Chapter 41 Making Clothes for the Dog

I just lay there enjoying delicious food, and another seven days passed comfortably with raising chickens and dogs.

The dog is growing up day by day and has become a half-grown puppy.

Although they are still naughty, they have finally become a little more sensible and are no longer afraid that they will get burned by being reckless.

So I removed the cages, and they gained the freedom to move around the entire house.

When the cage was first removed, they cautiously sniffed and looked around, and then they ran around wildly, jumping and frolicking everywhere.

Since they are still quite small, their little arms and legs can't jump onto the sofa, so it doesn't cause any trouble.

But the problem that needs to be solved right now is their excretion.

Actually, the two puppies are in pretty good condition because they've had pee pads in their kennel since they were puppies, so they pee wherever the pee pads are placed.

It's just that the dog is getting bigger, so it urinates more, and the indoor temperature is higher, so the smell will get stronger.

Moreover, the amount of garbage collected from diaper pads every day is increasing, and garbage disposal is also a big problem.

So I decided to find a designated spot for the two dogs to pee outdoors, so they could also go out and experience nature (even though it's cold, that doesn't matter).

I placed the dog toilet near the pile of firewood sacks.

First, I had to clear the snow from that area. I was wearing thick clothes, carrying a shovel and two buckets, and I dug out about one cubic meter of snow from the ground.

Use a bucket to carry the snow inside and let it melt so you can use it to flush the toilet.

Then shovel some soft snow next to it and spread it on that one square meter of ground. From now on, train the dog to go to the toilet in this spot.

When there is a lot of excrement in this area, we use a shovel to shovel it to one side and pile it up.

When the weather warms up and the snow melts, dog feces can be used directly to make fertilizer for planting grains and vegetables.

After the outdoor toilet was set up, I went back to the room to prepare clothes for the dog to wear outdoors.

First, we need to make them a warm coat, and then we need to make four shoes.

First, look at a previously saved tutorial online and knit a thick sweater for your dog according to the tutorial.

I plan to start with the simplest knitting method, which is the plain knit.

It was indeed very difficult to learn at first. It took a lot of effort to knit each knot, and you would make mistakes as you knitted.

They kept unraveling and knitting, but after a whole day they still hadn't made anything decent.

By the second day, I had become a little more skilled at knitting.

Only after I had completely mastered the knitting technique for plain stitch did I dare to knit while watching TV series.

Perhaps because I'm clumsy, I was still making mistakes the next day, and in the end I wove a piece of yarn cloth with holes everywhere.

On the third day, I started knitting again. This time, my technique was more skillful, and I didn't make any mistakes while watching TV.

Aside from chores like tending the stove and feeding the chickens and dogs, he managed to weave a fairly neat piece of knitted fabric in just one morning.

Looking at this piece of cloth, I feel a great sense of accomplishment. All my hard work over the past few days has paid off, and I can finally move on to the next step.

I held the cloth up to the dog and roughly determined the positions of its four paws.

Then, following the instructions on how to knit the sleeves, begin knitting them.

On the third day, I knitted a complete dog sweater in one whole day.

On the fourth day, I knitted my second sweater in one whole day.

Knit these two first, one for each dog is enough.

Now that I'm more skilled at it, I can knit them more often when I'm bored.

The most urgent task now is to make two more coats for them.

Take out the fabric I bought at the curtain market, choose a very soft lining fabric, and cut a piece of leather fabric to make the outer layer.

Then I took out about a pound of cotton and prepared to start making a cotton coat for the dog.

First, draw the fabric you need to cut using a pen, following the tutorial.

After cutting, lay a thick layer of cotton evenly on the lining fabric.

Then cut out the leather cloth and lay it on top of the cotton.

Gently lift the three layers of fabric—plum cloth, cotton, and leather—and sew them together stitch by stitch.

Then, follow the instructions to sew up the areas that need to be sewn together.

And so, a not-so-beautiful but definitely warm dog coat was completed.

I feel that making cotton-padded clothes is much simpler than knitting sweaters. I made two cotton-padded clothes for dogs in one day.

Finally, we made dog shoes.

The same method is used to make cotton-padded clothes for dogs. Lay out three layers of fabric, then sew them together inside and out. You can make eight shoes quickly.

After everything was ready, I didn't rush to take the dogs out. Instead, I let the two dogs wear shoes and sweaters for two days to get used to it.

It was obviously difficult for them to adapt; the two little guys, wearing eight shoes, each had eight legs running independently.

I truly experienced what it means to run haphazardly.

Even so, I didn't take off their shoes out of pity, but tried my best to help them get used to them.

Surprisingly, the dogs adapted quite quickly, and by the second day, they were no longer uncoordinated when walking in shoes.

Now that things have been coordinated, I won't force them to wear shoes all the time at home.

But she didn't take off her sweater.

They often roamed around the rooms, and apart from the breeding shed and the east wing, the other rooms were quite cold.

Especially in the small west wing, the temperature is only around 10 degrees Celsius.

It's good to keep them warm by having them wear sweaters regularly.

Little Earth was wearing a sky-blue sweater, and Little Melon was wearing an orange-yellow sweater.

On the fourth day after I finished making the clothes, I finally prepared to take them out for a walk.

After putting on a cotton coat over their sweater and their four shoes, they opened the front door and called the two dogs out.

To my surprise, the dog didn't shrink back when it felt cold, as I had imagined.

They were both thrilled to open the door and explore the outside world.

They sniff around and even mark their spots by urinating on the snow walls on either side.

Perhaps the dog subconsciously knew that this wasn't home, but outdoors.

Because they were dressed warmly enough, they didn't feel particularly uncomfortable and instead ran happily into the snow tunnel.

Once they reach the firewood sacks, near the toilet I set up for them, that's basically the end of the road.

I laid out waterproof pads near the toilet beforehand so that they would realize that this was the same as the waterproof pads inside the house, and that they could urinate here.

Sure enough, both dogs peed a little bit on it.

The next day, I took both dogs outside for some fresh air again, and they peed on the same changing mat again.

On the third day, I removed the changing pad, and the two dogs naturally relieved themselves there.

I was very happy and surprised. It turns out that training a dog to use the toilet in a designated spot is so simple! Of course, it's also possible that my two dogs are just smart.

From that day on, I removed the waterproof pads from the house, and the dog stopped peeing inside.

Instead, they wait for the designated time each day to use the toilet and then go to the outdoor toilet.

Sometimes when I suddenly need to go to the toilet, I'll whimper in front of me and tug at my trouser leg towards the door.

I never imagined that my dog ​​could be so intelligent. Could it be that I have somehow acquired the legendary dog ​​that understands human nature?

I'm so incredibly proud, hahaha.