Something unexpected happened this week. I found a running partner... A year or so ago, Ollie was my running partner but as his age has started to catch up with him, he's decided that running is on his terms these days and it's pretty much limited to a mile. Which is fine. He's my best buddy and totally adorable. After our other dog, Leia, passed away from heart failure in June 2016, I didn't think we'd be a multi-dog household again. But then Lexi came along. She belonged to a local family who didn't have time for her, and I umm'd and ahh'd before offering her a home. We had a 48 hour trial period. She was totally loopy, literally bouncing around the house to begin with. She arrived with us on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning we walked 1.5 miles and ran 1.2 miles. Then we walked 5 more times during the day! On Thursday morning we walked 1.5 miles and ran 2.5 miles. She started to calm down significantly. Today we walked 1.5 miles and ran 1.25 miles. I've been taking her on the school run (she loves being in the car and just snuggles down to sleep, which she was struggling to do at home initially), and in fact anywhere she can come with me, she does. This is a massive difference as Ollie hates being in the car and is leash-reactive, making it difficult to take him anywhere. Lexi seemed to have no "off" switch when she came to us, but it turns out that she does. She now settles happily next to me and is zonked out asleep as I'm typing this. She's tiny, I'm not sure whether she'll ever make marathon material (then again I'm not sure that I will!) - but she'll give it a damned good try! ParkRun tomorrow. Woof woof! P.S. Just realised I'm on day 37 of my running streak!
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