Today has not been a good day for Penny and my morning run. I upgraded our morning walk before I go to work to a morning jog last month so she would be extra tired during the day since we have a newborn in the house. First, I was extra sleepy this morning (did I mention the newborn?) so I forgot to put her harness on and just used her normal collar, which we never do for walks. At the end of our block is a forest preserve with a paved bike path and hiking trails that we normally take. But before we could enter we ran by a duck. So she hit the brakes to say hi to the duck while I kept going. This caused her head to slip out of her collar. Then it is off after the duck (which she almost caught!) and any other bird flying by, back and forth across the road with cars driving by, dashing through people's lawns at 50 mph and wearing no collar or tags. Good thing I had running shoes on and could keep her usually in sight. Finally got her in someone's back yard doing her business. Thank goodness.
Then a few hours later my wife noticed Penny licking her feet. We thought she had been doing some overall more licking than normal recently, but upon inspection she had blisters on three of her paws! She’s off to see a vet this afternoon. But I’m sure the running is reason. I try to take the dirt paths as much as possible, but the most of our possible routes include sidewalks and the paved path. And offleash parks are just not an option right now.
I was trying to be a good owner, but now feel like a horrible one.
Then a few hours later my wife noticed Penny licking her feet. We thought she had been doing some overall more licking than normal recently, but upon inspection she had blisters on three of her paws! She’s off to see a vet this afternoon. But I’m sure the running is reason. I try to take the dirt paths as much as possible, but the most of our possible routes include sidewalks and the paved path. And offleash parks are just not an option right now.
I was trying to be a good owner, but now feel like a horrible one.