The Run

Mommy and I have started this new routine in the morning and I’ve been so excited about it. You see, every morning before the loud sound goes off I crawl up to mommies pillow and start to play with her. 

First I breath really heavy in her face….that normally gets her to stir a little bit. Once she starts to stir I start to nudge her with my head and lick her hand or face or hair. Then when she doesn’t get up and tries to hide from me I start pawing at her. I know she doesn’t like it but it gets her out of bed and once she’s out of bed it PLAY TIME!!!!!

Mommy started taking me out on runs every day this week. Just me and her without little sis. Which is fine with me because little sis would just hold us up anyway…she can’t run as fast or as long as I can.

 Mommy is the best, because she has this really long leash and I can run from one side of the street to the other smelling everything and I don’t get choked by the leash. 

Ladybugs leash is the purple one on the left and mine is the extra long green one on the right!!!

 After we run mom takes me home where I get a drink of water and then lay in front of the door while mom and little sis get back from their walk.  

MOM’s VERSION

Jack is too funny and once we get on a routine he is all for it. I started running him 1 ½ miles every morning because he needed to burn some of that energy he has. I kept reading from multiple sources…”A bored dog is a destructive dog”…and a destructive dog he was turning. So I had to do something and I decided an early morning run may help.

 So at 6am every morning I’m out of bed, with the help of Jack, before the alarm goes off. He will crawl up to my pillow and lay right across my pillow so my head is in the center of his belly. Then he will pester me until I’m out of bed. 

Jack has never learned to walk on a lead so trying to walk him on a normal 6ft lead is a very difficult task and very exhausting for me. So I went out and purchased a 30ft check cord normally used for training. I’m using it so Jack can run crazy and smell everything in the world there is to smell and I can run at a nice easy pace right down the center of the street. Win/Win for both of us.

Jack seems happier and I’ve always said I wanted a running partner….looks like I found one…LOL!