First I must send heartfelt thoughts and prayers to everyone who was affected by Friday's storms. Hugs and slobber kisses go out to you and to the rescue crews and volunteers helping with cleanup efforts.
And now, to catch you up on my new fitness regime. I mentioned in my last post that K and I had started working out at trot. We've gradually increased the duration of the trot sets and K has started to add difficulty to my workouts by asking me alternate between walk and trot, incorporating multiple changes of directions and varying the length of my stride. I'm working very hard at all of this and my strength is gradually increasing, as is my confidence!
Yesterday, K and I worked out using the walk-trot transitions and stride length variations. After several sets of those and a walk break, K re-introduced me to caveletti. Do you remember me telling you about them? They are poles on the ground that I have to walk and trot over. They help me with my striding, pace, balance and foot placement.
After a few passes over the caveletti, K let me jump over a small cross rail a few times. Wheee! And then, as if that weren't enough fun, the whole gang of us (Buttons and T, Oreo and B, Sarah and R and K and me) went outside on a mini trail ride! We walked and trotted up and down the long hill of the driveway a couple of times, relishing the sunshine and slight breeze.
After our ride, we all got our daily meal and a good grooming and then I had a photo shoot. I've posted my favorites below. Thanks to R for hanging out with me while K played with the camera!
Enjoy!
~Polo
