COUNTING POUNDS - LESSONS TO WEIGH BY

Over the past few months I've had many lessons about exercise and weight loss that I've learned at Shaping Concepts. Some lessons I will forever remember -both the good & bad lessons! I'm continuing that by adding more lessons to my blog. (I'm not sure if anyone is reading my blog..I think I'm talking to myself! lol But that's totally ok....I'm enjoying the process of writing anyway!)

--IF YOUR DOG HATES EXERCISE THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT!

Our 8 month old dachshund, Noah, (seen here at 4 months old) has always hated exercise. I think that's why I was drawn to him as a puppy. ;) He loves short intervals of play time and he's actually pretty athletic but he detests going around the neighborhood on a leash. I'm the same way! lol Despite his resistance to exercise I continue to bring him on walks. He made it known in a different way how much he hates our exercise time together.

It was a really gorgeous evening outside and I knew I needed my exercise so Matt and I took both dogs (Milo - the exerciser!) and Noah (the exercise detester) around the 'hood. Sporadically we would take short bursts and run with Noah but the remainder of the time we just walked. It was a great walk and I really enjoyed it! After several laps, Milo was still anxious to go around the neighborhood but Noah was done. In fact, he was done after the first steps of the walk! So we go inside, give the dogs water and I crate Noah. Noah made it known how much he protested our walks by throwing up all over his crate. Nice!! It was so disgusting!! Ew!

Next time I will have to gradually build up Noah to become an endurance walker but for now I choose to walk alone!