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Benefits of taking your dog(s) for a nature walk

By Dennis Guten on February 26, 2013 No Comments

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This weekend we got together with our good friends, Joe and Risa Liken, at a local park that has a creek and trails along both sides.

We also brought the doggies, which in this case, was our Allie and Tasha, plus the Liken’s Shana.

It was a very enjoyable outing and I think we did about 3.5 miles according to Joe’s iPhone app that tracked the trek.

The weather was perfect. Sunny and in the mid 60’s.

It was a personal good day for walking for me, especially for a weekend day. I tend to do about 11,000 steps on a weekday and about 6-7,000 on a weekend day. This day I was close to 14,000 steps.

Any day I can get above 12,000 is a win for me.

So, what are the benefits of going with the dogs?

– Forced us to walk longer than we might by ourselves

– The dogs get sunshine and exercise

– A big one for us was to have our dogs and the Liken’s dog socialize

– Builds strong bonds with our friends, the Likens.

We are normally notorious for neglecting walking the dogs. This was a good thing for us to do.

Does anyone have and good dog walk stories they would like to share?

Categories : Family Stuff, Health, Our Dogs

Dallas has been frozen for days – our dogs seem to like it

By Dennis Guten on February 3, 2011 No Comments

Ever since the blast of cold air came down from the northwest on Monday night (1-31-11), Dallas has been like a freezer.

My employer, UT Dallas has closed the campus Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so I have been home for days. In these three days I have ventured out only three times from the house. Once to drop Ruthie off at her parents house so they could slide out of Dallas on the way to Florida, once to take my son Jon Jon and my mom to lunch and once to go to the grocery store for supplies.

It has been bitter cold, like 14-18 degrees most of the time. There are sheets of ice everywhere and walking is even more dangerous than driving (at least I think so).

The only ones that seem to be enjoying running around outside and that don’t really come zipping back in two minutes after going out – yup, it our two doggies, Allie and Tasha. They have been enjoying frolicking around in the backyard on the crunchy ice. Hey, at least it’s not muddy so we don’t have to clean up after them when they get back into the house.

Any fun ice/snow stories you would like to share? I know Dallas is on the trail end of this massive storm system that has gripped much of the nation, and it would be neat to hear from people in other parts of the country.

Categories : Family Stuff, Josh, Our Dogs
Tags : Allie, Cold, Josh, Our Dogs, Snow, Tasha

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