Dapper Doodle Dandy
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I took my dog for a walk for the first time today. Dapper is a Doodle. GH won’t admit that Dapper is a doodle. He says that the dog is a dachshund/poodle cross. Well, he is, but I like the word Doodle. Anyway, Dapper is a small dog and get’s plenty of exercise by running around the yard with the kids, so walking him isn’t necessary. But I’ve decided that walking is necessary for me. I’ve been trying to get up before the kids to get in a little exercise before the day begins. It feels great, invigorating even. And now that the sun gets up before 7 AM, it’s a whole lot easier to get myself up before 7 AM. So when I got up this morning and decided to go for a walk, I thought Dapper might enjoy walking too. I got out his leash (which is only used on road trips) and hooked him up. He was really excited! We started off down the road but I realized quickly that I’ve never really taught Dapper how to walk on a leash. It took a few minutes for him to figure out that I wanted him to walk beside me on my left side so he wouldn’t be in the road.
Well, it turns out that Dapper is scared of sassy chipmunks, mailboxes, and trash cans. He nearly jumped out of his skin when the chipmunk started yapping. He tucked his tail and skittered in front of me, nearly tripping me in the process. He’d duck behind me when we passed a mailbox with the door open and I nearly had to carry him passed the garbage can that was tipped over. I had to keep telling him what a "big dog" he was so he’d be brave enough to keep going. But Dapper isn’t scared of one thing… cars. He wasn’t really interested in chasing them, but every time we heard a vehicle coming he’d run in front of me into the road. I kept him on a short leash so he didn’t get more than his front feet into the road before I pulled him back. I don’t know what the deal was. I guess the car seems safer than the chipmunk.
Yup, I think Doodle is the right word. A sissy name for a sissy dog.
I wonder if Dapper will be scared of chickens…
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