the story of a walk
"do you wanna go for a .... WALK!?!?! do you wanna go for a WALK??????"
pandora jumped eagerly around me, hunting for her leash, raring to go!
i clipped the leash on her, locked the door behind me, and we were off. we walked a few leisurely paces before the pure joy of being outside on such a beautiful day overcame us and we couldn't take it any more: i asked pandora to sit, and then "ARE YOU READY?!" her entire body tensed, she was poised to take off. she grabbed the leash in her mouth, and i switched it to my left hand (so as not to be tripped) and we RAN the rest of the way down the block! at the corner, she had to sit out of habit to keep from rushing into the street. then we headed down the next block, turning the corner, to get to the cool park across the street.
once there, pandora sat, gave me both paws, laid down, went to her side, and even rolled over. what a good dog! that proved her off-leash worthiness, so i released her to run along the path next to me.
when we came close to a little (ok, 10 year old) kid with a basketball, i called her to come back to me and to heel (you never know how kids will react to big-ish strange dogs) and she was so good, she came right back and didn't chase the kid or anything. no barking, either. =)
then we walked around through the grass and it was time to fetch a stick for about ten minutes. when we tired of that, i lay on the grass and looked up at the sky while panda sniffed around some trees and grass. the kid with the basketball left. that left me, the yellow dried grass fragrant and scratchy around my face and arms, pandora, the blue blue sky that slowly faded to twilight.. and then i saw the moon and i thought of sweet M and he was with me, too. ok, there were a kid and a dad on the playground a few hundred feet away, too. they didn't count though. =) pandora came and lay next to me, and that grass must've smelled fantastic to her... she rolled around in it, distributing the scent all over her body.
it was kind of cold to begin with, and i started to feel it (my fingers are still a little chilled.. can make it awkward to type, hehe)... just in a teeshirt, left my light jacket in the car at home... so we headed back. we walked past the bark-o-holic dogs behind chain-linked fences, and back up the street to my house. panda was panting as we walked inside. i got her a nice big bowl of water.
what could be better after a perfect walk?
pandora jumped eagerly around me, hunting for her leash, raring to go!
i clipped the leash on her, locked the door behind me, and we were off. we walked a few leisurely paces before the pure joy of being outside on such a beautiful day overcame us and we couldn't take it any more: i asked pandora to sit, and then "ARE YOU READY?!" her entire body tensed, she was poised to take off. she grabbed the leash in her mouth, and i switched it to my left hand (so as not to be tripped) and we RAN the rest of the way down the block! at the corner, she had to sit out of habit to keep from rushing into the street. then we headed down the next block, turning the corner, to get to the cool park across the street.
once there, pandora sat, gave me both paws, laid down, went to her side, and even rolled over. what a good dog! that proved her off-leash worthiness, so i released her to run along the path next to me.
when we came close to a little (ok, 10 year old) kid with a basketball, i called her to come back to me and to heel (you never know how kids will react to big-ish strange dogs) and she was so good, she came right back and didn't chase the kid or anything. no barking, either. =)
then we walked around through the grass and it was time to fetch a stick for about ten minutes. when we tired of that, i lay on the grass and looked up at the sky while panda sniffed around some trees and grass. the kid with the basketball left. that left me, the yellow dried grass fragrant and scratchy around my face and arms, pandora, the blue blue sky that slowly faded to twilight.. and then i saw the moon and i thought of sweet M and he was with me, too. ok, there were a kid and a dad on the playground a few hundred feet away, too. they didn't count though. =) pandora came and lay next to me, and that grass must've smelled fantastic to her... she rolled around in it, distributing the scent all over her body.
it was kind of cold to begin with, and i started to feel it (my fingers are still a little chilled.. can make it awkward to type, hehe)... just in a teeshirt, left my light jacket in the car at home... so we headed back. we walked past the bark-o-holic dogs behind chain-linked fences, and back up the street to my house. panda was panting as we walked inside. i got her a nice big bowl of water.
what could be better after a perfect walk?
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