Archive for the 'walk your dog' Category
Are you stuck in a rut with dog training? Do you feel like you and your dog don’t connect? Have you been too busy for your dog? Do you believe you have reached the point where your dog can’t learn anymore? Are you out of ideas?
Not true.
You can always do something. Not necessarily all at once, but with little steps. You can’t be a perfect dog owner, but you can still have an almost perfect dog or a ...
Ace and I have three more days to go, and we are at 87.22 miles. So far I’ve biked about 12 of those miles, and I plan to bike some more with Ace in the next couple of days. He gets a better workout and I get a break. If you are interested in biking with your dog, I recommend a bike leash for dogs.
After a 10-mile run with my dog on Thursday followed by some birthday celebrating, I had some pretty weak days as ...
I don’t run without a leash in my hands, a dog at my side. Many runners do not own dogs. Other runners have dogs and they don’t bring them along on runs. Either their dogs are “too small” (although I’m sure they could still keep up) or their dogs are too crazy and pull too much (hmmm, wouldn’t that be a reason to run more?). Others say it’s too hot or too cold for a dog.
I chose a dog based on its runni ...
What if I brought homeless dogs to random places throughout the day?
A dog in a coffee shop. A dog at an outdoor restaurant. A dog in the entryway to Target. A dog at a playground.
When people see a dog in an unsuspecting place, they pay attention to it. And you ...
Let’s just say we had some more scenery on our walks last weekend than we’ve had in about a year. We went on several short walks on various trails and along the shore of Lake Superior. The mutt decided it was worth it to go for a short swim even though the air temperature was about 40 degrees, and there was still ice in the water.
April miles: 41.61 ...
Ace and I ran a mile yesterday, and then walked another 1.07 miles once we got to Lutsen, Minn., which is about 90 miles north of ...
There are some people out there who have never experienced a tired dog – not just a bored and lazy dog but a mentally and physically worn out dog. I know plenty of dogs that have been conditioned to lay around the house all day, because they have nothing better to do. My mutt will do the same thing. But on days we go for a 6-mile run, my mutt is a different dog.
Ace and I walked 2.25 miles yesterday and ran 5.9 ...
Ace and I walked a leisurely 2.57 miles today. On walking days, boy do we walk. We are in no hurry.
There is a dog that we pass on most days that is stuck behind a wooden dog run. He howls and barks at us before I even remember he’s there. We can’t see him through the wooden fence. I picture him being a reddish-colored lab with grizzled hair along his spine. But he (or she) could be anything. He barks at ...
At age 3, my mutt is not really a pup anymore but a young adult. I looked up Ace’s age in dog years, and according to the chart below he is 30 years old.
The age calculation chart takes into consideration the dog’s size (Ace is large), and how dogs develop much quicker in the first two years of their lives.
The chart puts all dogs at about 24 years old in dog years once they reach the actual age of 2. Bey ...
When I get too hot my mutt will carry my mittens for me. I don’t mind the drool; they are an old pair from Target used only for running.
Ace has also been known to carry my hat and keys (when attached to a big lanyard or key chain). It’s useful to own a retriever in the spring and fall when you can never be sure if it’s too warm for gloves or too cold to go without.
We ran a timed 6-mile run in 57:5 ...
