It Sure was a fast morning. I slept in until nearly 9 AM with Blu scratching at my door informing me that I had quit enough time to sleep thank you. But how could you be mad at that face? So I shook off the cobwebs and rolled out of bed after a really bad night of sleep having come home from work very late.
My granddaughter Kyana was also waiting for me to wake up. The Husky’s and her were ready to go for a walk, but the wife had other plans. A trip to the grocery store was to be the first priority of the day. This is never much fun especially with my wife Cindy doing the shopping. She is a stickly by the list shopper. No extras, no humor, no fun, no fooling around, because we are here to resupply and that is that.
Eventually, we get that ordeal over with and it is back to the waiting pack. With tails wagging and tongues hanging with excitement, we are off on our daily adventure.
As any Siberian Husky owner knows, the first priority is to satisfy a Husky’s social needs. So the first stop on our walk is to the neighbors house to visit their best friend Angelo. He spoils the girls more than anyone in the community and that is saying a lot. So after about 2 minutes of howling and barking at the bottom of his back porch steps, he comes out bearing treats in his fisted hand. The dogs of course, play it for all it is worth carefully preparing their victim for the next encounter, by fussing over the man and making him feel god like. No, the next time they come over he will be ready to spoil them again.
Now it is time to do some four pawing as we call it. The girls hit the forest with vim and vigor sniffing every tree, bush and branch. Kyana was with us today, so she held Maggies leash and I had Blu. Kyana asks me every day whether she could hold Blu’s leash, but the kid would not stand a chance if Blu saw a wild animal or another dog. Blu is just too powerful for a 10 year old girl, even if she is only a test away from getting her Black Belt in Karate.
Today’s walk took us through the woods near a creek where both dogs enjoyed a short dip in the stream. This always further invigorates Blu and soon she is a wild beast wanting to run run run. To satisfy this craving, we headed to the small path by the baseball field. Kyana played fetch with Maggie, which is her favorite game and I played chase and dig up the dirt with Blu.
Soon we were all exhausted (well not Blu, she never runs out of energy). So we all headed back home so that I could get ready for work. It was a nice warm day so it was not as difficult to get the two girls inside where there was a shady place to rest on the couch.
But it was a short lived rest, as lunch was done and the mooching began in earnest. Kyana was completely surrounded by hopeful Husky’s wagging tails and getting ever closer to her lunch plate. In the end, the human weakness prevails as always and they are satisfied with a small taste of each of our lunch fare.
