First Walk

Yesterday Emme went for her first walk. I was reluctant to let her go out of her yard until the puppy shots were completed. So Friday she got the last shot and Saturday it rained like mad all day. Yesterday was the first nice day. It was very windy, but not all that cold. I read that you can walk puppies one block for every 10 pounds of their weight so I figured the first few walks would be really short. Six pounds would be a little over a half block. So we walked to the house three yards away. We went out the front door: something Emme has never done. She was in heaven: excited and terrified. The wind was blowing and dry leaves were blowing every where. Emme had to try to bite each one. She also had to sniff three yards of smells. We walked on the sidewalk which was another first for Emme. She has walked on rugs, linoleum, and grass but never concrete. She definitely tried to be the alpha dog and pull me down the sidewalk. That must have been a sight, six pounds of her trying to pull me down the street. I am bigger, so I insisted that she walk beside me and not out in from, but she wasn't crazy about that technique. We have a lot of work to do in the walking on a leash department. After we went our three front yards, we turned around and walked home. Everything was new all over again. She really enjoyed the walk and we will do it again today. What a funny little puppy! Everything is an adventure to her.

Today is her first visit to the groomer. She goes at 12:30 and I am excited and curious to see what she looks like when I pick her up.