Thats sooo funny!! Strangely enough,ours don't mind their paws being wiped,probably because I'm a bit obsessed about cleaning them and always have been,so they are used to it. Living in this climate,I am forever cleaning muddy paws. They actually come in and sit on the mat and wait for me to do it!!
As for the great outdoors,Sass is probably a lot like Stormy. She would prefer to cork it ,rather than go out in the rain. I try to let her out when it's raining,she pokes her head outside ,takes one look,and just goes straight back to bed!!. Our back patio door is forever smeared in mud,where they keep pawing it to get let in!! No chance of leaving them outside!
We have had such an awfully wet year,with incessant rain.We have got caught in it countless times,while out walkiing,even in the so called Summer!! You are right describing the squint!! All our 4 do it.! We have learnt that there is no point taking them out in the rain,as they absolutely hate it.
They are not too keen on the cold weather either, and Mystie is a real sun worshipper,sunbathing at every opportunity.....hard to believe they are from Siberia!!!