K-9 Kamp Kounselor Delilah here to help keep you motivated and fill you in on some of the things we’ve been doing to keep this first week of K-9 Kamp F-U-N.
We love to take advantage of the woods right at the top of our street. It’s a great place to have fun. In fact, one of the first days of Kamp, Sampson and I got to chase a squirrel!
Here’s what happened.
Before I had a chance to leash The Mama up, a squirrel dashed across my path.
Without a thought for what poor Mama might do, off I went with Sampson right behind me.
The tree rat dashed into the woods and turned left, but he couldn’t get away from me, I was in hot pursuit!
The Mama meanwhile was shouting and yelling and Sampson went back to comfort her. Meanwhile, I kept on going. The squirrel must have been scared for his life because he ran towards one of the houses that sits on the edge of the woods looking for asylum.
Ah ha! Here’s my chance, I made the turn for the house, thinking I could pin him down there.
All of a sudden I heard the Mama, “Delilah, NO!” I stopped for a second and thought the poor thing, she’s afraid to walk without me. My second thought was, what a party pooper.
No worries, the are plenty of fun things I can find to do in the woods.
Someone has stacked a bunch of logs on either side of a large tree across one of our trails. This is a great challenge for us. We can either jump clear over the pile or climb the logs. This kind of exercising helps keep the muscles in our back legs toned and strong as well as helping us with balance.
We also use other trees to climb over.
Or to go under. (Oops, The Mama is not fast enough to snap me!)
I decided it was time to let The Mama try rock climbing. Rock climbing/walking is another good exercise for balance and toning. The poor Mama, it was raining that day and she slipped. I coaxed and wheedled and even dangled an M&M in front of her, but I couldn’t get her to try again.
I’m so glad we are participating in K-9 Kamp because the Mama is severely out of shape. I’ve tried these past three years to help her, but despite my best efforts, she still can’t make it up the hill by herself. You try dragging 140+ of weight behind you, all the while listening to this:
“I can’t breathe.”
“AH my thighs, my thighs, they’re burning!”
And silly phrases like, “Oh my Dog I’m so tired, why can’t this field be full of poppies?”
The Mama calls it torture.
I call it weight resistance training.
Eh, some folks say TO-MAY-TOE and some say TO-MA-TOE.
How are you all doing with your K-9 Kamp challenge? Do you need any tips or motivation? Let me know in the comments and don’t forget to check back next week when we’ll share some fun things to do inside for those like us who are being challenged by daylight hours and weather.
This is the K-9 Kamp Blog Hop hosted by Kol’s Notes and Peggy’s Pet Place.
Oh, Delilah, give your poor Mama a break! It’s not easy for us humans to keep up with you canines, especially those of us who aren’t in tip-top shape. We try because we love you.
Wow, almost got a squirrel, impressive. We have been walking and playing at the park. Mom has a hike in the canyon planned for today.
I’ve been slowly getting back into the hiking routine. I only voice similar complaints when I am hiking uphill which we will try again on Friday. I am sure my thighs will burn, my lungs will burn and I will make Blueberry pull me up the incline and say “mush” to her frequently.Sometimes, I say “heeya, heeya, heeya” to get her to go faster – especially when the daylight is fading fast!
Instead of you taking pictures of the dogs, maybe they could take some pictures of you slipping and complaining!! 😉
Haha funny stuff you get your momma in shape.
The dog park where I take Maya has a lot of nature trails she can run off leash. She loves it! Oftentimes she heads straight for the trail that leads to the water. I have to run to catch up because her recall does not work as well when the opportunity to play in water is involved.
We can’t Believe that your mom didn’t just take off WITH you..when you went after the tree rat.. THEY just do NOT do what they have been TRAINED to do..Right? You would THINK they would though…esp. if you had M & M’s. Ours would do ANYTHINGY fur those thingys.
We say you did a super job with the entire walk and stuffs, Dee.
You are so nice to take such good care of your mama! She would miss you if you went all the way with the squirrel.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Too bad you did not get that pest, but it was a valiant effort! Your poor mom, you better make sure she gets that extra exercise so she doesn’t hold you up when you are in hot pursuit!
Delilah – you could train me anytime. I would follow you anywhere for an M&M or two! (We are talking REAL M&Ms right… not some bunny pellet you found in the forest and tried to pass off as a brown M&M???)
Good job helping your mama out! Rita is trying to help me too. We are going to try to add some exercises from Miss Peggy’s new book to our routine!
You know Delilah, since she slipped, she might need some desensitization work before you can get her attempt rock climbing again. The M&Ms might not be enough, you might to take a step back and start with baby steps, like asking her to touch a rock with her nose or something. (Make sure you get a photo).
Delilah, I think your human and mine might be related! I’ve heard a lot of things that sound very familiar coming out of her mouth on hikes lately!
Bunny
I’m so glad Delilah didn’t get any further away. We all know that squirrels are EVIL and must be ERADICATED.
Poppies??
LOL, sorry…. more LOL. Great photos and with a coach like Delilah…who needs poppies?!
LOL…..K-9 Kamp told through Delilah’s eyes is hilarious. I have walked with my dogs three times this week. It’s really nothing to brag about, but it has motivated me in some fashion to get my rear out the door with them.
Delilah, you are SO funny! I kinda feel bad that you give your mom such a hard time, but I laugh when you do… so I guess I don’t feel *that* bad ;).
Great shot of you bounding over those logs! You need to toss Mom an M&M for capturing that shot!
ROTFLMAO! “Why can’t this field be full of poppies?!”
You hate exercise so much that you want to be poisoned by a wicked witch?! Wow…that’s a strong feeling.
I’m impressed that you cared enough about your Mama to come back when there was a SQUIRREL to be chased.
LOL sounds like quite a walk. Good for all of you getting out and working it! I would climb a cliff for an M&M Delilah. 😉
You’re a tough coach Delilah…firm but fair…I like to climb stuff like logs and rocks too…Momz usually watches that part but at least I have her out and moving…she sez she wants to find that poppy field too …look out for the flying monkeys!
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