Great ideas!!
It is extremely rare weather that prevents me from walking my dog. Like some of the others, i have relearned that i do like walking in the rain. I set out towels by the doors for our return.
The heat??? Soak your own head, and your dog, with water, WA-LA! Problem solved. My dog can not not not tolerate the heat, but, if i soak him, he's fine, walks as if it's normal outside.
the snow, only lops about 5 or 10 minutes off of our walk, depending on the temperature.
Only thing that interferes with our walks, is ICE.
Ice shortens our walks very very much, as i am tired of falling on it all the time.
so on Icey days, we have some indoor agility stuff, do extra tricks trainings of all types,
make him run up/down our stairwells, make him do full speed laps around the house (which he loves to do anyway), trips to Petsmart and the like (just for the anti-boredom factor there) etc etc. Buddy seems entirely satisfied, not antsy or restless, seems to enjoy the change-up of his routine and extra att'n.
But, i'm starting to wish we could afford a treadmill!! Does look fun!