I returned to the shelter the following week to walk dogs again. After my unfortunate mistakes on my first shift, I was armed and ready with knowledge and confidence. Today wasn’t as snowy as the day last week, but it was still cold…the kind of cold in which your nostrils freeze closed a little withContinue reading “Just when I thought I knew how to walk a dog…”
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In which I make some rookie dog walker mistakes
My first day as an official, independent dog walker at the shelter was a cold one. I was wearing my volunteer t-shirt though, really, there was no point to that; it was hidden under a sweatshirt, a down jacket, and a windbreaker. Each exhalation condensed into a little puff of fog. Inhaling the frigid airContinue reading “In which I make some rookie dog walker mistakes”