BOXER ADVENTURES

 I HATE losing an hour of my weekend! Motivation was hard to find this morning.  I didn't want to run, and I thought the dogs would both be tired from yesterday and not interested in getting out to run.  But both of them saw me getting dressed and were so excited. I am still wary about taking Sisko.  I was looking for signs of a limp after yesterday.  He clearly wanted to go but I didn't want to re-injure him.  It has been 5 1/2 months since his injury.  Even when he limps a little he doesn't seem to be in pain - it seems more like a functional problem.  So he - like some people - might always have a bit of a limp due to scar tissue but that doesn't mean he is in pain.  So I decided to once again run slow and see how he felt. We started off slow and he was lagging a bit and I thought we might need to turn around and I'd put him inside and finish the run with Booker. But he soon got into the groove.  I normally turn around at the end of o...

 Finally!  We are getting a promise of spring! I've been out of town at a conference and when I got back last night the boys were SO happy to see me.  - but I think I was happier to see them! Today it was sunny.  They were calling for some rain, but even if we got wet, I wanted to be outside! So we went to the beach hoping that the snow had melted enough for us to walk. It felt so warm after the long winter and we managed to avoid any rainfall! The boys were thrilled to be off leash and made the most of the time to run and wrestle. The beach still had some snow on it but it was walkable.  And even though huge ice shelves prevented us from seeing the lake, they both wanted to run through puddles of melting snow - which had to have been freezing! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Hudson Mosher (@jenhudsonmosher) Back home, both dogs were wiped out from all the energy they had expended. But happy?  I think so!!

 And no this is not AI  LOL

  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Booker and Sisko (@boxeradventuresny)

 I was doing my own meal prep and made some healthy treats for the boys. A quick look on Amazon and you can find a whole array of dehydrated treats.  Liver seems to be popular.  You can also find chicken, ducks and even sweet potato.  The really good ones don't have or need any extra preservatives.  So they are healthy and nutritious.  They make great training treats because they are usually small and dogs love them. They are also typically expensive. Now mind you, these treats are lightweight, but still, they rind in anywhere from $39 - $65 per pound. I try not to let money be the ultimate determining factor but YIKES! So today, I decided to give it a shot myself. I bought a tub of perdue gizzards at Walmart (found in the same place as the fresh chicken).  It cost $1.36. I cut the gizzards into small bite sized potions, and laid them out on racks.  I set my oven to the air fryer setting at 175 degrees F and popped them into the oven 2.5 hours lat...

 If I get a day off and the sun is shining, there is no better feeling than to get outside with the doggos! Running?  Obviously.  BUT I am looking forward to when the snow melts and instead we can get out and take a leisurely hike in the woods.  With no traffic or loud noises - just nature and these two. Soon I hope!

Today I got up and decided that I'd had enough running the local roads. Unfortunately, no one plows any of our local trails. I debated whether is was worth the trip to Syracuse to run the Onondaga Lake Trail. In some ways it felt like it would be a stupid waste of time to drive over an hour there and back to only run a handful of mile, but I just needed a change of scenery. So we packed up a lunch and headed out.  The dogs were happy to be in the car not caring where we were going, just that we were all on a trip. I needed my sunglasses on for the first time in way too long. We arrived at the trail and found it PACKED with walkers, runners, a few brave bicyclists, and many dogs happy to be out in the warm sun.  .  I ran with Booker while Marc walked Sisko. It was, to be honest, a rough start.  Booker was way over-stimulated from all the people and the dogs.  Right off the bat we had a Goldendoodle lunge at us as we tried to run by - which Booker thought meant...