There is rarely a day when I couldn't write a whole book about it either expressing my fears, hurt or anger or joy and happiness. There's miracles all around and sometimes when you try to put them in human words, they just aren't good enough. They don't tell the whole story.
How can somebody understand how it feels when you go for a first walk with your parent, first walk since childhood that doesn't include driving in a car part of the way, just a walk and yet so much more at the same time. Just walking with someone you never just walk with. Until one day it happens! The Walk. The way I am I could tell you how every minute of it went but I'd still be too far from the truth. Too far from describing how happy I was when I was walking with my dad today.
Of course there's no good walk without our dog, I can't walk around knowing she's at home on a leash. So our dog joined us for walk and my brother went with us as well. It was strange, walking just like that, it was unusual, it was sometimes funny, sometimes quiet, it was simply special. I have no idea how my dog felt it but her part of the show was incredible just as well.
On the way back she became unsettled, even so much that my brother couldn't walk without tripping over her. I took her leash to see if she'll behave better with me 'in charge'. Same thing happened: she was unsettled, looking at my brother in front but mostly at my dad walking behind, pulling me back to him, sniffing his legs and making him almost trip over her. So I proposed him to take her leash if she'll be more peaceful when he's walking her.
Guess what? That was it! My dog wanted my dad to walk her and she didn't settle for neither my brother nor me. She wanted to walk next to my dad. With the moment dad took the leash, she behaved as good as she ever could!
She's been with us for years now and yet I can't remember if he ever walked her on a leash like this before. Did the dog sense how special that walk was? Did she want to add her part at it?
I don't know. But it felt like another little life miracle and the timing was perfect. No words can really describe how perfect that was.
How can somebody understand how it feels when you go for a first walk with your parent, first walk since childhood that doesn't include driving in a car part of the way, just a walk and yet so much more at the same time. Just walking with someone you never just walk with. Until one day it happens! The Walk. The way I am I could tell you how every minute of it went but I'd still be too far from the truth. Too far from describing how happy I was when I was walking with my dad today.
Of course there's no good walk without our dog, I can't walk around knowing she's at home on a leash. So our dog joined us for walk and my brother went with us as well. It was strange, walking just like that, it was unusual, it was sometimes funny, sometimes quiet, it was simply special. I have no idea how my dog felt it but her part of the show was incredible just as well.On the way back she became unsettled, even so much that my brother couldn't walk without tripping over her. I took her leash to see if she'll behave better with me 'in charge'. Same thing happened: she was unsettled, looking at my brother in front but mostly at my dad walking behind, pulling me back to him, sniffing his legs and making him almost trip over her. So I proposed him to take her leash if she'll be more peaceful when he's walking her.
Guess what? That was it! My dog wanted my dad to walk her and she didn't settle for neither my brother nor me. She wanted to walk next to my dad. With the moment dad took the leash, she behaved as good as she ever could!
She's been with us for years now and yet I can't remember if he ever walked her on a leash like this before. Did the dog sense how special that walk was? Did she want to add her part at it?
I don't know. But it felt like another little life miracle and the timing was perfect. No words can really describe how perfect that was.
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