March 8, 2012 - Yes, I Walk All Four Together

Many people ask me if I walk all four dogs at the same time. The answer is "Yes."

I like to think of our walks as daily little zen-like exercises of balancing the dogs needs, wants, and issues. I typically keep Howard and Hucky towards the street-side of the sidewalk until they take care of business (because they are a little pickier with their spots and Scrappy will go wherever he feels like along the walk.) Once the pugs are done, Foxy gets moved over to the outside hand and the boys weave around each other, jockeying for position as they continue searching the route for smells and scraps of things I'm constantly trying to avoid. Strange dogs, people on bikes, familiar walkers we say "hi" to, and even odd-sounding cars all add "excitement" to the routine in various ways, but it's all good - especially on beautiful spring days when the sun is shining and it feels great to be outside.