Chloe is my baby girl. She is a 2 year old "Bug" which stands for a Boston Terrier/Pug mix. She's honestly the cutest thing I've ever seen in my entire life. I love her more than you can imagine but she is also a little brat and trouble maker. She's been known to chew on anything in sight, use the floor and couch as her own personal porter potty, refuses to get her nails trimmed (trust me I've tried and she has the strength of godzilla when she squirms away from clippers), and has gotten in bad habits of barking when she wants something. Aside from all that, I miss her when I'm away from her for any unusual period of time beyond a normal work day. I hate to admit this but just today, Chloe and I went on our first official walk around the neighborhoods behind my apartment complex. There is a "Dog Walk" area right across from my apartment when we go for her to "do her business" but we generally don't go much beyond that. I know it makes me sound like a pathetic lazy excuse for an owner and I admit that 100%. One time when the weather was nice, I thought "Hey, I'm finally going to take Chloe for a walk" I got her all ready, put on some jeans and my comfy Final Season Yankee Stadium sweatshirt and we hit the road. I tried taking her to the "Dog Walk" area first so she could get anything pressing out of her system before we started walking. In human terms she went #1 but that was all. So we began our journey through the parking lot to the sidewalk that ran across Wistar and then turned down Queen Anne. We didn't get far before Chloe decided she couldn't wait much longer for #2. She took her normal stance and I didn't think that anything would be different than any other day in this situation aside from the slightly different location. Now the very important tid bit of information that I have left out up unto this point is that Chloe has a retractable leash which gives her an illusion of freedom but still gives me the power to keep her safe and in line. Normally around the apartment complex, I let her leash go as long as possible and let her lead with leisure as long as she's not getting into anything she shouldn't. But on the sidewalk by a road where cars are zooming by, I felt the need to keep the leash locked at a very short distance to keep my baby girl safe. So you know how some dogs do that kick thing after they go where they're supposedly trying to cover up their droppings with some grass? Can you guess what's about to happen next? That's right, because I was closer to her than normal, after her business, she proceeded to kick behind her but instead of kicking up dirt and grass, she kicked her shit all over me! I was so mad that I used my baggie to pick up what was left on the ground and marched her straight home so I could do some laundry. That was the end of our walk and I've been nervous to take her on a real walk again because of it!
Well today was the most positively beautiful fall day ever and I was crammed up inside at a desk all day. Because I brought my lunch, I didn't even get to experience the lovely weather during lunch time. Because of this, I was determined to take Chloe for a walk when I got home. Let's face it, we could both use a little exercise and I'd like to start doing more things like that with her. Especially as the nice fall weather is a flickering candle that the ice cold breath of winter is about to blow out. So this time I decided to try a new method. I walked Chloe a while around the apartment complex and thankfully #1 and #2 were accomplished before we started our official nice walk. Now Chloe is as curious as a cat so walking her is most certainly an interesting task. She literally stops and sniffs EVERYTHING in sight. Every tree, rock, fire hydrant, post, rock, leaf, you name it. I constantly was having to pull her back on track. I was able to give her some more freedom on her leash once we got into the groove of things and were in neighborhoods where the cars were much less frequent and the sidewalk space was wider. She was doing very well staying on track, well for the most part, my thumb got sore pressing the lock button every time she strayed or a car passed. But all in all things were going well and it was turning out to be a quite peasant walk. A few funny things happened along the way, like we would pass houses with dogs barking furiously and Chloe would stop dead in her tracks and be terrified. One time I even had to pick her up to keep moving because we passed a yard where Chloe could see the dogs, they were fenced in, but I'm pretty sure Chloe didn't trust the chain link. Another funny incident was when Chloe took a dump in some random people's yards and I had already used her bag and didn't have a spare on me so I was nervously watching to see if they were looking out the window and I quickly escorted Chloe off the premises before we were seen! Also some cute little boys tried to pet Chloe and she almost bit their faces off! I felt bad because they were saying how cute she was but at the same time across the street there was this obnoxious car revving it's engine super loud over and over again and I think it was scarring Chloe so she had her defenses up. As a whole though it was a fun walk and I'd be happy to take her out again as long as the weather stays nice. One final random thought out our walk, this little girl must have peed like 8 times and pooped 3 during a 45 minute walk! It was insane! She doesn't go that much all day! I'm not sure if she really had to go that often or if she was just trying to mark new territories.
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