There is a big wide world out there and it scares me sometimes
Beau (yes, that’s is what I am going to call him) and I went for our first walk this morning. We got up at the crack of dawn (7 a.m.) when the world was still quiet and still and no one was awake or around (although today is Big Event, so probably a lot of people were awake). The park was deserted and other than the ducks’ quacking, it was silent as a graveyard.
Beau actually walks pretty well on the leash, most of the time. Today we played the drunken-dog routine and he weaved around all over the place. We were doing really well until we came within one mile of the backside of a building, and then he proceeded to freak out. Of course, the best way to alleviate your anxiety is to run circles around your person, doubling back and forth and nearly pulling them into the toxic-waste pond. Grrrreat idea, Beau!
But he seemed to enjoy the fact that there is a really big wide world out there, and even though it scares him sometimes (often for no reason, although there was a funny noise when I stepped on the manhole cover) the smells are just too many and too exotic to pass up. I can’t even imagine what must have been going through his head!
On our second round around the park, he walked right beside me (80% of the time) and actually got into the car by himself, well almost. We’ll probably go for a walk again tonight, but so far he hasn’t eaten or had anything to drink, so it’s not like he’ll ever have to go potty.
It was a long, restless night, but we’re getting the hang of it!
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Is your blog still titled Rara Avis?
Yes - Rara Avis is Latin for Strange Bird.
Huh. I’m surprised I didn’t know already. From Penny Arcade:
Recent studies have confirmed it: there is definitely something odd about birds. Scientists have long postulated the existence of a Weird Cortex in some birds that makes them do things that don’t even make sense sometimes.