28/05/2026
So today, although significantly cooler, it is still too hot for my dog to spend a significant amount of time walking & running around in the sun. So, we headed out to our favourite shady lane and did an on lead training walk instead. We walked the length of the lane practising walking to heal on a lose lead & used the shade to dictate pace change - shade = slow pace & sun = fast pace. There was more shade than sun so we both stayed cool & it meant we were doing more at a slow pace which was much more of a mental challenge for her & would mean despite it being a shorter than normal walk & not off lead, she would be tired from the mental effort of our walk. When we retraced our steps to head back home, I rewarded her for her hard work & concentration with a break from healing & allowed her to sniff all the sniffs she wanted - just a little bit more mental stimulation to tire her out for a while! 🙂 She’ll get an off lead walk this evening when the temperature has dropped a bit
