Daily Walk: Still Walking

People that do not know the pooches are always amazed to hear that Miss M is 12 years old and Mr. B is 13. We credit their health to their diet (a post for another day: we prepare their meals the night before and it takes over 10 minutes to set up and place in the refrigerator) and our long walks.

Even with the arrival of Baby K, we still get the pooches out for their daily walks. In fact, we go on extended daily walks more often now, but unlike their 5 mile walks in the past, our walks are now at most 3 miles. Like Mr. B, Baby K loves the outdoor and cannot get enough of it.

Unlike before, it takes us a lot of planning to get out the door for our walks. As we have written before, I use a baby carrier, because a stroller is just too hard to navigate through the sometimes crowded streets of Chicago with a social butterfly pulling one arm to meet every human.

Not only do we have to make sure that the water bottle and bags of treats are filled for the pooches, we now have a diaper bag to maintain and a mat to carry for impromptu picnics, movies or plays.

But once we are out the door, our walks are pretty much the same as they were in the past, only a lot slower. Miss M still meets all of her people and it seems like more people are approaching the pooches than in the past, we think Baby K is making the pooches even more approachable.

Though Miss M would rather stay at home,

We don't think Miss M could go a day without saying hi to all of her adoring fans, which can be quite exhausting.