We have a young Labrador retriever that still has a bit of curiosity in him. A great dog however still working on perfection!
We are early risers
and so is Marlin. (our dog)
Marlin starts his day traveling down our lane going to see
his best friend Rosabelle. Rosabelle is
my cousin Willard’s dog that lives a short distance away directly on Back
Bay.
Marlin usually goes for a quick swim and a short play
session and then comes home ready to start his duties with Marge and the
horses.
Lately he has started wandering to the other end of our road
and checking things out. He would go
“missing” and that is not a good thing!
I hated not letting him out, so Marge and I decided to give
him a better option. We started to take
an early walk and make sure Marlin was a big part of it.
In no time, Marlin refused to wander far in the morning
because he knew we would be walking soon, and he was not going to miss out on
that!
I have learned over time that discipline doesn’t always
work, sometimes you just need to offer a better option!
The return on investment…
My wife and I enjoy a wonderful walk in the county catching
up with everything that’s going on in our lives and observing “all” kinds of
nature happening around us.
You see we live in southern Va. Beach and it’s untarnished
by all of the stuff that happens at the other end of this great town.
The second one of us starts the process of putting on our
shoes or shorts, our dog Marlin is in full I want to go, I want to go, I want
to go, mode!
If my day starts with a dog and a woman that loves me…taking
a walk down a quiet road…watching the corn grow…
it’s gonna be a good day!
NobleOne
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