My dog is officially weird
Posted
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:05 AM
Last night after spending about 5 straight hours working on my paper that's due on Friday, I decided to take Louis for a walk since he'd been stuck in the house all day. Normally, either Mike or I take him for a walk every evening but due to our schedules over the past 3 days, we simply hadn't had a chance to. Now, before you call us terrible, irresponsible pet owners, I'd like to acknowledge that we have a fenced in backyard and that he's been out there every evening playing with his frisbee (his favorite toy) so he's still gotten exercise and he's been happy. I've noticed in the past that when we miss walking him for a day or so, however, that the next time we do take him, he's a bit hard to control and he gets so excited that he doesn't listen well. So, after about 10 minutes or so of walking last night he just decided that he didn't want to walk anymore. That was it. He stopped dead in his tracks and would not budge. I realize that he's a small dog and all, but I could not get him to move in the slightest. I thought he may have originally just needed a short break to catch his breath or something, but after about 5 or 6 minutes of this, I realized I was wrong. My only option was to pick him up and carry him unless I wanted to stand there for the rest of the night. So there I am, carring my dog on his walk breaking out in a really bad sweat since it was still so humid out, wondering how in the world I'm going to make it the remaining 10 minutes home carrying this stubborn pup. Luckily, I always carry my cell phone with me when we go for walks for safety reasons. I ended up calling Mike to come and pick us up in the truck so that I wouldn't end up passing out on the sidewalk. It was the most embarrassing thing ever, even though I'll admit that it was a pretty funny sight. I kept getting passed by people riding their bikes who must have thought I was crazy. Even Mike couldn't stop laughing at us when he pulled up.
Ahhh...the things we do for our pets!
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Mikes_Wife06
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