I started off the weekend Saturday morning riding the exercise bike at home. It was too cold to go outside. But that did not stop Dakota from trying to convince me to go outside! She sat by me for the majority of my 15 mile ride, hoping that we would go outside afterwards. She walks twice on most days, once in the morning with Sarah, and then in the evening with me. She absolutely loves it, but it was just too cold to take much of a chance with the wind chill, so she hung out all day in the house with us. Normally she would be outside during the day in the kennel, which is attached to the garage, and is heated, but we were home, so we kept her in with us.
Right away Saturday morning, even though I got to sleep a little later, I still got my Dakota wake up call. “Time to get up Dad!” Still hoping all morning she was going to go for a walk. But, she got to find out what it was like hanging inside with us all day. I think she had a pretty good time too.
Always around for attention! Later in the day it was time to take a little nap.
Just hanging out with me, dreaming of the Vikings one day winning a Super Bowl! Hope is a good thing! It could happen someday, right? It won’t this weekend, so we will be Chiefs fan for the weekend. I managed to get out for a little bit for some pictures, with lots of frequent breaks back into my truck to warm up. The sun dogs were impressive Saturday Morning.
They were very cool to see! The rest of the weekend we stayed in side and got things done at home, with Dakota by one of our sides the whole time. She always wants to be right in the thick of things. She is part of this family.
She is hard to resist with a face like this! I promise, when we get at least closer to zero, we will be back out again walking. We have had a pretty good Winter so far. It just decided to get really cold this weekend. We may have to go anyway, but very short distances, warm up, then go again. Sunday will be the worst, so will have to see what Monday brings. We have to be creative with how we are going to get our activity in, just like everybody needs to as well. Just come up with a plan B, and go with it. This is a time to be creative as well. We got to spend the weekend with the dogs, both with Dakota inside, and the Sun Dogs outside! Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day of New Streak #: 679
