walk my dog everyday

Pinchy, that’s her name. I have been walking her about 3 times a week, and I even managed to slip a (short) walk in today, when there was a brief pause in the rain. It was really wet out, but I ordered a pizza from a close by joint, then together, we hauled buns to the store to pick it up. Baby steps. Any walk is better then NO walk. Nothing like a Chihuahua on one hand, and a large pizza in the other!

I’m sure they didn’t go walking while I was gone, but they weren’t bad on our first day out (Wednesday) and I don’t think we missed a day since. All that practice is having a good effect. Yesterday, we went late (even though I’d been out for dinner with husband & neighbors).

This is a possibility to be marked as DONE if I need an opening; not that I’ll be stopping, but I believe I have been successful!

Reminding myself that “I am not a wimp” has been working well. I was out every evening except Tuesday, with both dogs, for the full two-mile trek each time. Today there was no firm footing, as the roads haven’t been scraped, and at the quarter-mile mark I was planning to turn around at the half-mile, but I persevered. I’m tired this evening! I think a hot bath might be just the thing.

Tuesday evenings my husband likes us to attend group meetings out of town, so I can’t really squeeze in a walk then, but we’ve skipped no other days the past two weeks! YAY – and last weekend on Saturday, I took them out before breakfast and before dinner. They were content and calm all evening; or, they were depressed because my husband was gone; I haven’t really figured out which.

I sort of took Friday off from all my goals, but we were on the road again yesterday – I took both dogs – and today my dearly beloved husband joined us once again :)

I have been able to faithfully walk her everyday since my starting point. It’s fun and I get to talk to nice neighbors more often. My 14 year old dog is now taking me on longer walks. I think she’s gaining endurance; it seems like everyday she takes me a little further. She seems to love me even more. I’m so glad I’m doing this and plan to continue.

Two days in a row, I followed my new plan. The weather is even less conducive than it was, but I’ve declared that “I am not a wimp”. Today I even took both dogs!

There’s at least 4 inches of snow, and the roads are icy, so I limited myself to one dog and the two of us to one mile. We did make it out and back,so it’s a good start to the year. I have a plan that I can leave work at 5 every day, walk the dog(s), eat dinner and then, if necessary, return to work. It seems reasonable today.

I was going to post a bah humbug entry because we’ve averaged one walk weekly lately. Today, I not only made the effort to layer on extra clothes, but my husband joined us! YAY

I have one dog, a dalmation. She needs exercise everyday. Since I so fervently care about animals as a whole, I should start caring for the one in my own home. I want to walk her everyday.