Spring Walks

Anders still loves his walks outside; we try to do them as often as we can. He will even request them whenever he thinks of them - which is pretty often, and sometimes at inconvenient times like right before bedtime, or first thing in the morning before work, or when it is pouring rain.

Anders frequently turns the 'walks' into a run. I now have Anders take his ball with him on the walks (not a hard sell) so that if he trips, he has a chance of landing on the ball instead of the ground.

A typical walk involves a loop that starts by heading south and east down our driveway, walking north on Stoller Rd, then heading west at the fence on the north side of our property and walking through the field back home. We haven't measured it, but it's probably less than a quarter mile or so. About half of the time, Anders decides that he's done walking and wants to be carried before we're done with the loop.

- Corinne, Mike and Anders Rocket

Date: April 16, 2010