Wednesday, November 05, 2003
You mean that we go for two walks a day, EVERYDAY??
"The Pack" just got back from an evening walk during which we toured down Madison Ave and did some window shopping. (Sparky and I are partial to the Beretta store - I'll leave it to the reader to surmise why.)
I am astonished by how quickly his endurance is improving and Sparky continues to be amazed that he gets to go out for a minimum of two walks a day. The evening walk was uneventful, but the morning walk had several aspects worth noting. I suggested a slight modification to the circuit through the park that added a second set of stairs. Sparky managed this new set as well as "the monster" set by the fountain with, if not quite ease, then considerable improvement from his first try.
It is really pleasing to see him run, (yes run) for his squeezy bone during the morning session of fetch. You can almost see the thin dog with long flowing feathers bounding across the grass that will emerge at the completion of the quest. I even let him run loose for a few retrieves in a quiet section of the park where there were no other dogs. He behaved himself admirably, returning each and every time.
I could go on and on about what a character this dog is. Every day something new emerges - from his desire to sit beside me on the floor with his head tucked under my arm to the way that, as I am sitting here writing this, (and thus not paying attending to him) he is at my feet throwing his chew toy to himself!
I am astonished by how quickly his endurance is improving and Sparky continues to be amazed that he gets to go out for a minimum of two walks a day. The evening walk was uneventful, but the morning walk had several aspects worth noting. I suggested a slight modification to the circuit through the park that added a second set of stairs. Sparky managed this new set as well as "the monster" set by the fountain with, if not quite ease, then considerable improvement from his first try.
It is really pleasing to see him run, (yes run) for his squeezy bone during the morning session of fetch. You can almost see the thin dog with long flowing feathers bounding across the grass that will emerge at the completion of the quest. I even let him run loose for a few retrieves in a quiet section of the park where there were no other dogs. He behaved himself admirably, returning each and every time.
I could go on and on about what a character this dog is. Every day something new emerges - from his desire to sit beside me on the floor with his head tucked under my arm to the way that, as I am sitting here writing this, (and thus not paying attending to him) he is at my feet throwing his chew toy to himself!
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