atlas the woodsdog
i took atlas back to the sandy river delta (that’s where life with splint began) last week for his first off-leash hike since october. he was so happy. happy happy happy. he raced up and down the trail ahead of me.
half of me was happy with and for him. half of me was inwardly wringing my hands and thinking, “slow down, little puppy, slow down. why can’t you be more cautious? what if we just walked. slowly.”
i did manage to keep my thoughts and my hand-wringing to myself. not that atlas would have listened anyway.
in other news, i am pretty sure the hair on atlas’s chin has turned silver. unless it was always silver – it’s so hard to remember. i don’t want my puppy to have silver hair! i know he’s almost ten, but i want him to stay young forever.
isn’t he handsome. i think he is the best and smartest and sweetest and most handsome dog in the whole wide world. (with the exception of your dog, of course. your dog is too.)
Silver hairs…maybe he’s aged since the splint incident. These big things in life will do that. ;o) So glad he was so happy and running free. Happy Day ((HUGS))
my dog is imaginary, so i think atlas has the edge somehow 😉 I do love your website, did i mention that before?
I noticed silver hair on our cat the other day too…no, please say it ain’t so!
Dogs are very tuned into our emotions. He was not ignoring you. He was telling you that he is fine and not to worry.
cute:) and this is a little random but i am trying to picture what wringing ones hands actually looks like. it’s one of those things that you hear all the time but when you stop and think about it, it doesn’t really make sense, but i guess it’s possible that people do it:)
Remind me to show you on Skype sometime. At least I can show you what I am thinking of when I say it.
“happy happy happy” makes me happy!
Glad he enjoyed his walk.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and Atlas. 
Oh, I know that feeling of wanting them to run with abandon and yet be cautious at the same time….I guess all the human parents are familiar with it as well. So glad he is again out and about. And, yes he is. All of that.
Yes. That is it exactly.
That’s wonderful, Elizabeth! (That Atlas can run around, not that his running around makes you wring your hands.)
My JoJo is turning white under her chin, too. And she’s only five! Whaaaaaaa!!!!! And she’s dark brown, so we can’t “call it blonde.”
Only five?! That’s way too early!