Although our dogs don't get as much exercise as they should, when I do take them for walks of longer than 10 minutes, they thoroughly enjoy it, but crash afterwards. Seems like each minute of exercise corresponds to 10 minutes of sleeping afterward; 2 hour nap after a 10 minute walk. I'd be interested to hear if a post-exercise crash is part of Tucker's normal routine.
That's fantastic; what a handsome doggy.Big milestone today. Tucker, our young border collie mix who I introduced last year, is now fully grown and I'm easing him into being my running partner. He, as you might expect, has boundless energy, but I've been taking it slow to get him used to it and to avoid injury.
Today he ran his first full nonstop mile. He did great! Here's the proud pup afterward:
Don't forget: you have running shoes, he's running barefoot. It might not be an issue where you are, but the pavement gets mighty hot in the summer around here. 
I don't know ... looks like his shoes are right beside him. Although he's still short a pair.That's fantastic; what a handsome doggy.
That's fantastic; what a handsome doggy.
I used to have a cat that liked to go along for walks, but made a poor running companion.
I don't know ... looks like his shoes are right beside him. Although he's still short a pair.
Sigh. It will probably be October before we get mornings in the 60s around here.
I almost didn't take my walk this morning. I wasn't feeling 100%, I'd worn myself out hefting all my stainless knives to find the lightest, and it was like walking into a steam bath, walking out of the house.Sigh. It will probably be October before we get mornings in the 60s around here.
I'm sure you take good care of Tucker, and didn't mean to be a scold. I couldn't help mentioning it, since I sometimes see folks walking dogs on the asphalt in the heat of the day. I see folks running in the sun when it's 105 out too, but as long as they're doing it alone, it's their own crazy choice.
Big milestone today. Tucker, our young border collie mix who I introduced last year, is now fully grown and I'm easing him into being my running partner. He, as you might expect, has boundless energy, but I've been taking it slow to get him used to it and to avoid injury.
Today he ran his first full nonstop mile. He did great! Here's the proud pup afterward:
Good looking dog. Our Lab/Blue Heeler mix sometimes runs for miles with my wife. Some of it may be walking. My Chihuahua goes on shorter walks, but sometimes I have to carry her part of the way.WOW!!!!!! That Tucker is a good looking guy and evidently energetic. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Here is our German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix CoCo. She is a rescue and we don't make her do much of anything. If she thought she'd have to jog a mile, she'd surely start a sit down strike.
WOW!!!!!! That Tucker is a good looking guy and evidently energetic. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Here is our German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix CoCo. She is a rescue and we don't make her do much of anything. If she thought she'd have to jog a mile, she'd surely start a sit down strike.
I watched it on television. I was almost 9. Bought Tang this week and had some for breakfast this morning to commemorate. Still amazes me.Fifty years ago today, my family was driving home from the seashore in time to watch men walk on the moon on the big TV screens at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. (my brothers and cousins were very into the whole NASA thing, drinking Tang and putting together models of the lunar module, etc.)
I was seven years old, and I got car-sick on any drive that lasted more than half an hour. So of course I was sitting in the back of the station wagon, throwing up, when the voice on the radio announced "The Eagle has Landed."
My aunt turned to me and said, "For the rest of your life, when anyone asks if you remember where you were, and what you were doing the moment that Mankind landed on the moon, you will have to say that you were vomiting."
If she hadn't said that, I doubt I'd have such a precise memory of that moment, so thank you, Aunt Dorothy!
Later, standing in the crowd at the museum, trying to make out which blurry grey blob on the screen was Neil Armstrong's leg, I felt as if I saw a man walk on the moon and at the same time, that I didn't.
I suppose there are a few other porch members old enough to remember that day.
Fifty years ago today, my family was driving home from the seashore in time to watch men walk on the moon on the big TV screens at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. (my brothers and cousins were very into the whole NASA thing, drinking Tang and putting together models of the lunar module, etc.)
I was seven years old, and I got car-sick on any drive that lasted more than half an hour. So of course I was sitting in the back of the station wagon, throwing up, when the voice on the radio announced "The Eagle has Landed."
My aunt turned to me and said, "For the rest of your life, when anyone asks if you remember where you were, and what you were doing the moment that Mankind landed on the moon, you will have to say that you were vomiting."
If she hadn't said that, I doubt I'd have such a precise memory of that moment, so thank you, Aunt Dorothy!
Later, standing in the crowd at the museum, trying to make out which blurry grey blob on the screen was Neil Armstrong's leg, I felt as if I saw a man walk on the moon and at the same time, that I didn't.
I suppose there are a few other porch members old enough to remember that day.
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WOW!!!!!! That Tucker is a good looking guy and evidently energetic. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Here is our German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix CoCo. She is a rescue and we don't make her do much of anything. If she thought she'd have to jog a mile, she'd surely start a sit down strike.
I remember watching it on my Grandparent's television.
