Cloudy Wednesday

Today it is cooler and cloudy.  Mocha & I went for an early walk, and on the way back home we saw Pookie.  She is a neighbor dog that has been reactive when she sees Mocha, and of course, Mocha reacts back at her.  But today, Pookie, with a few soft words from her mom, kept walking and ignored Mocha.  I looked over at her after she had gone by, and she was calmly walking and wagging her tail. 

I can't say the same for Mocha.  She reacted as she usually does (fur up, huffing, wanted to cross the street towards Pookie).  I gave her a correction, but it took a while for her to calm down.  But maybe now that Pookie doesn't show any interest in Mocha, things will change for the better.

I need to ask Pookie's mom what she did to that girl!

On the walking front, I've been doing a power walk every other day.  My goal is for my pace to be under a 15 minute mile, and yesterday I did a 14:31.   I'm happy with that.  Still miss running though.

Rainy April Day

I was surprised to see it raining this morning when Mocha & I headed out for our walk.  Not cold though!  That's very good.  This month has been windy and colder than normal so far.

Mocha had a few dog experiences yesterday.  We saw Pookie on our first walk.  Pookie has the same coloring as  Mocha, but is shorter and stouter.  Pookie reacts to other dogs the same way that  Mocha does - suspicious and wary.  It's hard to get them to continue on their walks, but  Mocha did pretty well.

Later, we saw a young-looking chocolate lab-looking dog, and it wanted to cross the street to see Mocha, who was quite interested also.  But the chocolate lab walker kept the dog on the other side of the street, and Mocha kept going with me.

My friend Holly got a new puppy -  Eva is her name.  Holly's kids and husband really wanted a dog, so now Holly is a dog mom. 

I hope the adjustment (for people and dog) goes well!