Luna looks to me about what we're doing next...at this time, Foster was still learning...and very interested in the nighttime critters he surely smelled in the yard.
There are several components to walking with your dog, and I believe the most essential is the "with." I don't believe in taking my dogs for a walk, or my dogs walking me, or it being my dogs' walk. It is our walk. We walk together.
Sure, there are tools for walking, and you need time for walking, and you need energy for walking, but if you have a dog, then you have everything you need for the best way to start every day.
When Foster Dog came into our family, he didn't seem to understand that we wake up and we walk. I would get up, and get dressed, and he would still be lying down with sleepy eyes.
Even Luna's role model behavior of waking up with me, and waiting patiently, didn't register with FD. Once Luna & I were "suited up," we'd get Foster and he'd realize it was a good idea to follow us. It took him about two weeks to really realize that we wake up, Leanne gets dressed, and we walk. He wakes up and hops up now, knowing The Walk is our morning routine.
Each day this week, the dogs and I will walk. Along the way, we'll report about what The Walk means to each of us and why it's the foundation of our family.
