For walk your dog week 2020, Mom took me on a special walk with just the two of us. This week is celebrated the first week of every October since 2010. We enjoyed the fall colors and I especially enjoyed all the fall smells. Our walk was right before sunset to add some more fall like lighting to our photos. We all walk at least twice a day 365 days a year, but many dogs aren’t that lucky. This week reminds humans to get out and walk their dogs.
Bridges with their dark brown weathered side rails and gray wood always make for wonderful photos.
Walking is not only good for your dog, it is super healthy for humans too. While many forms of exercise like running tend to bring more injuries, walking is pretty darn safe. We love to walk the trails and take in the nature around us. Almost sixty percent of dogs in this country are overweight, and many of their owners are too. Walking is a great way to get in shape together! Mom always says we walk and run a lot so we can eat more and still be fit!
Fall weather is normally cooler making it much more comfortable for dogs and their peeps to be out walking. Even if you don’t have a lot of stamina, just walk and take some breaks along the way.
Sometimes I get irritated by the photographer. Sure, I love good photos of myself, but sometimes it is nice to just walk and skip the photos. Mom makes a point of leaving the photos on many of our walks, and she also never talks on her phone while we walk. Walks are a time for just Mom and the dog or dogs she is walking or running with. The entire focus is on us, but occasionally, like on this walk, we have the camera focus too.
Remember to keep up on your flea and tick treatment even in the fall. While the weather is cooler, you may think those pests are not out, but they are still there. I love romping through the tall grass, which means I get a good once over for ticks before I get back in the car.
Exercise out in nature makes us happy. Are you and your pup getting enough exercise together? It’s a great way to bond with your dog and share a fun activity! Hopefully you celebrated walk your dog week 2020! If you need more reasons to get out and walk your dog, check out Emma’s list from 2018.
My GBGV Life is joining Living Laughing and Barking in Our Backyard for their Nature Friday blog hop.
We try to go to Central Park as much as we can.
I’m sure it is nice for walking.
That sure looks like it was a pretty and tranquil place to walk and I’m glad you and Mom had fun!
I always love a mommy and me anything.
We love our morning walks and it doesn’t get any better than walking this time of year!
The morning walks or runs are our favorites too, but sometimes we go to other places and have fun later in the day.
you do get your walkies in every day. Mom does not walk us, and her back doctor asked her how was she able to walk because her back is so BAD!! Her 2ns opinion doc asked why she had waited to long because from her pictures he knew how much pain she is in. He said she was a tough woman! Maybe after she gets surgery she can walk again. Have fun and win ribbons this weekend. XOXO, Sparkle
Oh dear! Back surgery sounds so scary and awful. Mom goes to the chiro now and then when her back acts up and that fixes her up, thankfully.
Bailie, you are a STAR walker! You have inspired me to get my humans out walking more with me
We all love our walks and look forward to them every day.
That looks like a lovely place to walk. We have been cooped up lately, but we have been promised to get back to our routine next week.
Our mom never misses a day of walking. I think she needs the walks more than we do, LOL!
Nature is awesome and your pups make it look even better.
Have a woof woof day and weekend. My best to your siblings and your mom. ♥
Nature is such a wonderful place to be in.
Right now, it’s mostly fetch inside,,,But once the smoke clears, you bet we’ll be out on adventures together!!
You all do a lot of outdoor things. We can’t imagine that smoke. So awful.
Autumn brings the best weather for walking! Luckily I’ve been able to walk with Luke more lately, I’ve even had some time for some longer rambles through the woods.
It’s good for the mind and the body of both the dog and the human. Enjoy.
What fun! We enjoy our walks when Coda comes here.
Mom would never go for walks if she didn’t have a dog to go with, so we are all lucky she loves to walk and with dogs!
I don’t have a dog, had 5 cats who all died of old age and now I have liittle Rosie left 13 years old and she had to become an inside cat, we moved ! But she loves it and seems happy !
We only have inside cats because outdoors is too dangerous for kitties. Maybe a kitten would liven things up for you?