Thursday Evening Race Walk

Apparently it was race walk night because I’ve been home for twenty minutes and I’m still sweating.  Part of it is the dogs wanted to go quickly and the other part of it, is that the weather is too chilly to go without a wrap.

Of course, that very same wrap becomes unbearably warm by the time we return home.  No worries though, this in-between weather never lasts long and soon enough it will be short sleeves and shorts every night.  Hubby missed tonight too, he was missed.  Here’s to hoping he joins us this weekend.

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Wednesday Evening: Return to Routine

Tonight we return to the routine of walking after dinner.  The last week and a half or so has been jammed back with family, day trips, and an attack of a 24 bug.  But tonight, we had an excellent dinner and promptly went for a walk afterwards.  Hubby had an attack of the lazies and failed to join us but hey, there is always tomorrow night.

Sangria is getting the hang of walking on a lead finally.  She is also for the first time beginning to sniff out her environment like Wally does.  She is showing signs that she wants a retractable lead so the search begins for an excellent one like Wally’s in pink.  Wally’s lead is ten plus years old and it is still a work horse. 

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Friday Evening Excursion

Accidental motion photography by Hubby as he and Sangria strolled behind us.  It was the first time the four of us have been able to take a walk together since Sangria was a puppy and we learned just how much she hated to walk.

Wally tonight learned that he doesn’t like to follow his sister.  He is much happier when he is the lead dog, however it is good for him to sometimes not always be the lead dog.

Weather is nice enough that we didn’t need jackets or long sleeves tonight.  I don’t know if the trend of getting to walk with hubby will continue (we have much different walking strides lol) but it was extremely nice. 

Sangria came home and collapsed under Daddy’s recliner as soon as she could.  Apparently she was hot and tuckered out. 

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Boxing Day Evening Quickie

We took a couple of days off to allow for family time, my knee, and the amazon order to arrive.  When Wally was a mere puppy he had this wonderful reflector that hung from his collar so that he was visible at night.  When we got home Monday night, I ordered similar reflectors from Amazon for both dogs and the hubby and I.  They arrived this afternoon and they are bright and sturdy.  One arrived on, so we need to replace the batteries but that’s not a problem.

Sangria once again joined us and she is improving slowly every time.  However it appears that she is camera shy when on a lead.  Despite numerous attempts I have yet to get a picture of her on her lead.    She handled dogs barking much better this evening and did not yank me and put weird stress on my knees, which is a definite plus in my book!

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Monday Evening Jaunt

We took yesterday off.  My knees were less than happy and it was wiser to give them a day of rest than trying to force the issue and be incapacitated for several days instead.  Sorry for the blurry, pink tinged photo tonight I walked both dogs for the first time in probably three plus years.

Sangria, out pure-breed Labrador/Golden Retriever mix.  She has been difficult to walk since she was a puppy.  to this day, she won’t pee anywhere besides home and her grandparents house.  Saturday afternoon, she walked beautifully for my husband and since he is down with a migraine I decided to take her tonight with Wally and I.

While she didn’t water every bush like Wally, she was easy to walk.   Unlike Wally she is a short lead walker.  If she gets ahead of me by more than three feet she’s running back.  Hopefully this behavior  improvement continues, because I enjoy walking both of them together.

I had forgotten how much I like walking in the evening.  It is cooler and calmer.  I ordered reflector attachments for each of their head collars so that it will be safer for all involved.  Of course, it means my camera is going to have to come out of the pink case it sits in normally because as you can tell from the picture above, the pink reflects when the flash is used.  Small price to pay however for walking without the sun beating down on you.

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Mid-Afternoon Saturday

Mom was lazy bones today and it took all my good looks and hyper-activity to convince her to get dressed to go.  Eventually she got dressed and off we went, it was after 2 in the afternoon.  It was a short walk however.  I was over-excited and for once was pulling Mom because she was a slow poke.

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Friday’s Stroll

 

It rained here over night.  The skies are gray and the pavement is beginning to dry out.  There will be a rain shower or two later this afternoon if the humidity and my cranky knees are any indication.  Wally was pleased as punch with the walk however.  He likes cooler weather and the occasional romp through a puddle.

   We discovered Santa Cactus today.  Happy Friday all!

P.S.  The new audio book from audible.com is The Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan.

 

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