The dogs usually get walked twice a day, if not more often.  They go in the morning, and then again right after work.

Penny is usually the one that whines for the morning walk.  Actually, she doesn’t really want to walk; she just wants to pee.  Jesse is content sleeping until whenever someone is up and ready to take her, but Penny will start whining and groaning around 8 a.m. if not earlier.  If no one gets up, she’ll jump on the bed, step half way over your chest, and will plop 65 lbs of furry muscle down upon you.  It works.

When I come in after work, they both get excited to see me, Jesse especially.  In her mind, me walking in the door = walk time.  Jesse loves going for walks.  Unlike Penny, Jesse doesn’t want to go outside just to poop and pee.  Jesse loves exploring the neighborhood, sniffing out who’s been around, and marking her territority.  If we let her, she’ll probably stay out for hours.  Penny on the other hand is eager to come back home as soon as she goes, and she’ll often go right away in a big puddle instead of squirting it here and there like Jesse.

When Jesse was younger, I taught her to fetch her leash on command. It was surprisingly easy to teach and she learned it in only two sessions.  Early on I regretted teaching her because she wouldn’t wait for the command and would bring me her leash all the time simply because she wanted to go out.  She has since learned (for the most part).

I tried to teach Penny too but she’s too dumb.  Well, it’s also because it’s not a big motivational factor for her.  I’m sure if it was something like “go fetch your treat jar” she’d be all over it.

Anyway, what this is leading to is a video I took tonight.  It was on my cell phone, so the quality is mediocre, but you get the idea.  You can see how excited Jesse is about going for the walk.  She bolts over to get her leash and then insists that I take it and put it on her.  She got impatient a few times because I didn’t do it right away. I was preoccupied with trying to get Penny excited about the walk, but she was only excited by Jesse’s excitement and at one time got confused and went after a tennis ball.     At the 0:19 mark she gets smacked hard in the head by Jesse’s furiously wagging tail.

The video ends abruptly when Jesse can’t take it anymore and pounces on me with her leash in her mouth.

Enjoy!

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