Today I threw on my shorts and took Kody to the SRT. He barked a little bit, but I’m learning to deal with it. One person congratulated me on getting Kody under control once he started barking at her dog. I fear she knew us from before because she was kind of surprised. At one point he even spent about 30 seconds with two mini Schnauzers before he barked and other people were actually disappointed when I said Kody wasn’t quite ready for meet and greets. Before he would have scared them away long before it got to that point. Now he was quiet when walking by a big dog and they said, “Oh, but he’s so cute!”
It wasn’t very crowded today even though it was so nice. We spend the first half of the walk on the grass trail and then when he’s a little tired out, we walk on the paved trail next to it. We got to the path and he just stood in the middle of the path looking and waiting. I could tell what he was waiting for… bikes. Kody’s favorite part about the walks is the bikes. He loves them. He likes to bark at them and wants to chase them.
There are a number of places where Kody gets drinks of water from the river and tributaries and we stop at all of them. The one above is great because it’s a bit hard to tell but there’s a pretty significant stream there. Today Kody just jumped right in and stood in the water while he drank. I was so proud! I tried to get a picture while he was in it but I was also trying not to drop my iPhone. But this turned out pretty good even though he just stepped out of the stream.
Kody has so much fun. And the weather is so nice. It’s just great. And when we get back Kody’s tired from all the excitement and exercise. It’s the only time he sleeps like this.
