I move my head in panic as the colourful woolly jumper slides over my head, my owner holding me as I instinctively try to back away, his hand guiding my front paws through the sleeves and my head through the top, the world coming back into view, the front half of my body now covered in a festive top. I bite and pull on the fabric, the feeling of clothing strange and uncomfortable to me, I haven't worn clothes in so long I've forgotten what it feels like, the constant feeling of it against my skin is impossible to ignore. 

"No, don't damage your Christmas outfit." I let out a confused whine. Why am I wearing this thing? I feel a reassuring stroke on my head which calms me slightly.

"Don't you look adorable!" I pant at the compliment and the attention, enjoying the feeling of being stroked by my owner. As I enjoy my owner's attention I see and hear Rover bound in excitedly as always, his energy a lot more youthful than mine. 

"You two wait in here while we finish getting everything ready." I watch my owner leave, still confused about why I'm wearing this clothing and what they're getting ready for, although it feel uncomfortable I behave and don't attempt to remove it again, understanding that there is a reason for everything my owners do. Rover however immediately tries to pull of the strange fabric, forcing me to approach my younger brother and gently tap his head away from the woolly jumper, telling him to behave, thankfully this is one of the occasions where he listens to me. 

I lay down in my bed as I hear my owners talking and moving objects around, deciding to stay out of the way, having accidentally tripped them up a few times when trying to help them. I struggle to get comfortable though, as the warm sweater combined with the heating only makes me feel hot, my skin unable to breathe, the material feeling almost suffocating. 

I look up as both my owners walk in, each holding a leash and quickly clipping them to our collars, excitement immediately growing inside of me, I love being taken for a walk. Both me and Rover follow them outside, our owners standing on the grass waiting patiently, understanding I squat and empty my bladder, our owners wanting them empty for the car ride, I love how considerate they are towards us. Feeling relaxed I don't even think as I obediently follow my owner to the car, the only thought is of excitement for an adventure. 

As I climb into the cage I notice that the car is very full, normally this means that we're going somewhere for a long time, maybe the campsite again, although it does seem a bit cold for staying outdoors all night, I haven't been in my dog house in the garden in some time. 

My thoughts are quickly forgotten and dismissed as Rover energetically climbs into the cage and happily licks me, clearly very excited and eager to go for our walk. I feel a gentle hand stroke my head as our owners give us loving and reassuring strokes before closing the cage door, sealing us inside until we get to our destination. 

The world outside the windows are dark as the car begins to slow, my front paws moving impatiently, feeling energetic after so long inside my cage, eager to be let out and explore where we are staying. 

As the car fully stops and the front doors open both me and Rover get to all fours, unable to wait any longer, Rover making small whimpering noises as one of our owners walks around the car and opens the boot, the cold air immediately blowing into the vehicle, making me understand why we were made to wear these uncomfortable jumpers as we climb out into the freezing winter outside of the warm car. I watch Rover shiver slightly as he relieves himself, unable to hold his bladder any longer, prompting me to do the same after such a long journey. 

"Let's get these two inside and then get everything out." I feel the tug of my leash and happily follow my owner up to the large building, one surrounded by snow covered trees, sniffing and exploring around me, as much as my leash allows, as we move towards the front door. As the door opens I'm greeted by a familiar face, Jack excitedly greets us both, and we follow him inside. 

"Do you need a hand with your things?" Jack and Fifi's owner steps outside and leaves us alone, happily catching up with our friend as he shows us around. 

We enter a large living room with a fire crackling in the fireplace, laying nearby is FIfi, she looks up at us, a strange mixture of joy at seeing us but also sadness. I wonder why she is sad? 

"Yeah, it's her first time away from the pups, I thought it would do her some good to get a break, hopefully seeing some playmates will cheer her up." 

"That must be hard for her, but I guess she has to learn that they're not always going to be around." I look at her understanding, I guess it must be hard to be away from them. 

"Plus we have one new playmate visiting, I'm hoping that they'll get along." A new playmate? I wonder if they'll be friendly? 

I suddenly hear a car pull up outside and the doorbell ring, followed by a familiar voice, Rex's owner. I turn to the doorway excitedly, almost immediately Rex comes racing in, followed by a female puppy, like me and Rover she has modifications to her hands, her fingers removed, her feet are also missing and she seems completely silent. Did Rex get a new partner? I feel a wave of jealously come over me as I suddenly feel Rex as he greets me excitedly, clearly only interested in me right now, Rex abandoning his new friend for me. 

"So you finally got one then?" 

"Yeah, she is great. She surprised me when asking for no vocal cords though. Did yours ask for that?" 

"It was an option but with proper training it wasn't necessary for us. How is Rex handling having a playmate?" 

"He's been amazing with her, although he doesn't seem interested in Suzi to much, I don't think she's his type." 

"There's only one dog for him isn't there." As my owner says it I feel Rex come up behind me, eager to show his love, his excitement fully on display, my ass rising in response without thinking, part of me just as excited as he is, my mind impatiently wanting his love. 

"Speaking of the dogs, we should leave them to get to know each other." 

"Sure, I'll help you get your things." 

"Have fun you lot." Rex's owner smiles knowingly at me and Rex, who mounts me the second they step out of sight, unable to hold back any more. Despite learning that Rex apparently has no interest in his new friend I can't help but stare at her as I pant happily, almost showing off how much Rex prefers me over her as she watches, seemingly with a hint of jealousy herself. 

As me and Rex blissfully collapse onto the wooden floor, panting hard, happy to be with and love each other again, Suzi walks over to Fifi and greets her, as she passes I see Rover look at her with interest, while Jack's cock strains in its cage, probably not being released since he impregnated Fifi over a year ago, part if me feels sorry for him. 

Rover manages to get enough courage to go up to her and sniff the new puppy, one closer to his age than I or Jack is. For a moment Suzi seems unsure but quickly relaxes after seeing that Rover is fixed and not a threat, although she also seems to be a but disappointed, I guess it's not like with me and Rex, where we can still enjoy spending time together even with my balls long disposed of. 

I awake next to Rex, Suzi having curled up with Fifi, seemingly giving her comfort and support, Rover and Jack slept alone, although Rover seems to have gotten closer to Suzi since I fell asleep. 

I hear our owners calling us and we all get up and race towards their voices as we smell our breakfast as it is placed into our individual food bowls. Hungry I quickly bury my head into my meal, happily consuming it. 

Hearing the door opening I feel a gust of freezing air flow inside and pressure in my bladder. I slowly make my way to the door, outside the ground is covered in glittering white snow. I slowly reach a paw through the doorway, as I do Rex bounds out without concern as my front foot is swallowed by the freezing cold snow. As I join Rex outside and the others follow, I can't help but feel grateful for the jumper my owners forced onto me, now fully understanding why, reminding me that I should never question their actions. 

I quickly relieve myself into the snow, turning the pure white beneath me yellow, before I happily run around with the others, the movement keeping us from getting to cold and preventing our paws from being frozen, playing in the snow, rolling around, making noise, enjoying being around my friends. 

I sit by my owner's chair at the large dinning table, enjoying the warmth of the roaring fire, my body still recovering from playing outside in the snow, and the wonderful smells of their large Christmas dinner. Every now and then a hand lowers into view and offers me a small scrap of food, which I carefully and gratefully take from my loving and thoughtful owner, knowing that he doesn't have to share his food with me but chooses to anyway, I don't even mind what they give me, I'm just happy to be shown such kindness and love. 

The only thing I don't like while at the table is the occasional bang sounds as the humans pull on strange paper tubes, but they seem for find it enjoyable and their laughter and joy makes me feel happy for them and excited, wanting to be part of the fun. 

I lay by the fire in the large living room, the lights on the tree gently flicker, casing slow moving shadows across the wall as it fills the room with a warm dim light, as the snowy winter breeze rattles quietly against the windows. I yawn tiredly and curl up against Rex, enjoying his warm presence. I look over at Rover who has boldly wondered over to Suzi, I hope I don't have to comfort him, he seems nervous. I feel happy for him as she allows him to settle next to her, part of me feeling proud of my little brother, glad that he made a new friend, if all goes well, after this trip maybe we could go on a double playdate, me and Rex, and Rover and Suzi. 

I snuggle into Rex and he rests his head on my body, holding me lovingly, content and happy in moment. Today has been a wonderful Christmas.