Phew

I just got back from walk number 2 with Turtle. I decided not to take our usual route and walked around the neighborhood instead and I think the distance we walked was much further than normal. We were both exhausted when we got home. Turtle didn't even pull or bark or do anything poorly when we walked by two large barking dogs off leash - I was very pleased with this.

Eddie did very well on his walk today despite at least 5-7 trucks passing us along our normal route. He actually sat completely still undisturbed by a passing car that happened to go by as I was adjusting his collar! I am still having to do corrections at all points when we see trucks, but I am very encouraged by his behavior. I am really hoping that, eventually, corrections won't be at all necessary in a few months, but we'll have to wait and see. He didn't do so well with the lawn mower in the cemetery, but it was better than usual. The riding lawn mower is Eddie archnemesis (Is archnemesis even a word? Couldn't find it in the dictionary, but I think you all will know what I mean.)

I think I'm losing some weight from the twice daily walks. Maybe I'll give up trying to walk the dogs together and working out and replace it with twice daily walks and some weights at home. I know my walks are far more vigorous than a vast majority of dog walkers because I naturally walk really fast. There's no strolling and a lot of hills, so maybe it is enough to keep me OK shape? That seems plausible. We'll see.

Back to work. Little project is going fine. Will be done by Friday at the latest.