My @##%%^ Dog!
Now don’t get me wrong - I love my dog. If it weren’t for her, I don’t know if I would be here today. I got her just as I was decending into the depths of despair. She was so small and helpless that I had to get out of bed to take care of her. I couldn’t completely wallow in self-pity and depression. But, damn! she can be so frustrating!
Monday evening we went for a walk - slowly, but did 1.5 miles in 30 minutes. Last night, no warmer than the day before, it took at least 35 minutes and we only went .75 miles. No, she wasn’t hurting. She’s a beagle and had her nose to the ground constantly. How many new smells can there be in a 24 hour period?!
Do plan to keep walking her as she is overweight and needs it. Just wish it could be considered part of my aerobic exercise.
I was having the same problem….my two German Pincers are overweight, so my walking was not aerobic. I downloaded an interval walking program on my I-Pod….(go to Podrummer.com, check it out) it suggests training only every other day. Perfect. I walk the dogs three days a week and wog myself the other three. Sunday is church and choir, no walking. Wogging is very aerobic. I have modified it for myself, my knees won’t take jogging so I walk and then at the signal for hi-intensity I speed walk. By the time I do two miles (that’s to the lake by my house and back) I have definitely had a work out! It used to take me 30 min….now 16.
AND Ruff and Minnie have really slimmed down. Much faster than me. lol
I have one worse than that …A BASSETT hound…It is just not aerobically effective to walk Roxie for exercise.
Sounds like my Molly! She is lazy and curious..not a good combo.
Sorry, I kinda have to laugh butI am sure it can be frustrating. Too bad you can’t just put her on the treadmill. lol
I have the same problem! My puppy does the donkey thing where he plants his butt and won’t move. Yesterday, he jumped on the treadmill with me, and his little weener dog legs couldn’t keep up. Before I could slow down he had ridden to the end and smacked into the wall! Fortunately, he didn’t get hurt, and now he doesn’t bother me when I’m on the treadmill!