Wednesday, December 31, 2014

New Year's Eve, Finishing Strong

Diesel had the first leg of the first walk and
it was quite chilly. He did not go in the water.
He's very cooperative with
pictures and will pose for me
anywhere I ask, just like Gigi.
I had Wednesday off from work and I spent most of it walking dogs. They needed it, of course, but I really needed to reverse the days of sedentary activity and high food intake that was christmas. I walked six dogs totaling almost 15 miles. That brought me to 130 miles for the month and 1,267 miles for the year. You'd think I'd be thinner.

The second leg of the first walk was with
Maya and Fanny.

3.5 miles split between Diesel and then Maya
and Fanny.





The second walk of the day was Maya with Daisy. Daisy was adopted out a couple weeks ago, but is back, (more on that in coming posts) but she's doing fine and I think she'll be a great dog in the right home.
3.72 miles with Maya and Daisy
Daisy really enjoyed the walk today.






Maya is included in multiple walks because I need to wear
her out, plus she's a good hiking role model for other dogs.

I brought Daisy back home and loaded up Trooper in her place for the third walk of the day. Maya and Trooper did two miles together, then I brought them home and took out Sparky for another four miles.

Two miles was enough for Trooper. He
doesn't need to go far, but he likes to go.
I love the contrast in the ears.
All are fully alert.


Chilly weather did not dissuade Sparky
from wading in for a cool drink.

Sparky scratches at the ground when he's
ready to go and I'm taking too long.

6.46 miles, two miles with Maya and Trooper and the rest with Sparky

I thought I was done at this point, but then decided to take Diesel and Fanny out to the pasture for another walk because they would be crated for a while during the evening when we went to town.

Fanny found a large Kong in the pasture and
carried it around for quite a while.
1.08 miles. You can see that the GPS
mapping isn't entirely accurate because
I never went outside the fence.





An odd couple, perhaps,
but it works.
They play together quite well in spite of the size difference.

1 comment:

Risa said...

Diesel is a handsome boy and he's lucky to have landed with you. Happy New Year to you and yours.