This photo is of Maddy-she needs to be more than an honorable mention in this post! She really rocks and is the greatest dog in the whole-wide world! It is undisputed!
Kai is a rowdy 20 month old golden that we inherited last March. He has chewed his way through several wooden fences, KONGS (the indestructible puppy toys), a sofa, sneakers, carpets, toys...the list goes on and on and on.
He would chase the children into the house as they left the school bus (because he wanted to play) but he was pretty aggressive about it-nipping, jumping, barking. One day he got a good mouthful of Emma's hair. We were really at our wits end and gave him one last chance.
I started running with him at the end of November to just wear him out. This was my third attempt to run with this guy! The first two were spent holding the leash so tight and short that I really was on my way to developing a nice bicep (but only on the right!) and trying to keep him from biting my rear end for the last 60% of each run with the left! NOT relaxing! Certainly NOT what I was looking for in a running partner.
He must have sensed that his days were numbered with us because the first day we went out for our November run-it was as if we had been running together for years! He is great! I set the pace, but he keeps it! The biting was solved with a stick in the mouth. One morning he looked exactly like the Grinch dog with a curved branch for antlers! Today he ran with what could be classified as firewood!
He waits patiently for the alarm to go off each morning. He gives me 5 minutes to get out of bed. I have tried hard to sleep in and wimp out on the days when the temperature is in the single digits. He jumps up an puts his fat head on my pillow as a gentle warning of what will come if I don't drag my butt out of bed! One morning he got sick of waiting and jumped onto me and licked my face! OK OK it's cute!
Since November, he has stopped chasing the children and has really calmed down. I don't think he has chewed anything in weeks.
I am truly committed to finishing the marathon, I wonder if the dog could run with me?
1 comment:
ok i almost want a dog reading this! i ran 18 this week total sun to thursday and hoping to get a long one in tomorrow while here in denver visiting my sister!
keep it up girl!
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