BOXER ADVENTURES

 This morning we hiked on a trail near us.  I've been running a lot with both dogs now thar the weather is getting cooler.  That is, of course, great exercise.  But they have been on leashes the whole time as we've been running either along our road or the multi-use trail.   So while they been getting exercise, it doesn't really provide the intense mental exercise that running off leash, exploring, listening to commands, smelling all the smells provides. Since this wooded trail is sparsely used, we could let them off to do all the things. They had a great time. As we were going along I noticed Booker overly a stump and suddenly... He lifted his leg . Aw man!  That was the first time that I know of that he has raised his leg too pee/  mark something. I knew he would - leg lifting to mark is largely a learned behavior and Sisko is king of the "I must mark my territory!" So now we get to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't decide to start marking things in

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None of our Boxers have been diggers - except on the beach!  Something about the sand drives them all nuts and they want to dig like crazy!   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Booker and Sisko (@boxeradventuresny)

 Booker ran his longest run today!  It still takes him about a mile to get into the groove.  Despite my best efforts to convince him to poop before we run, he has to stop around 1/2 mile in to stop and drop a large load.   Runners have lots of pooping issues, so Booker's fitting right in! Once he gets into the groove though, he does great!  Today we ran on a relatively crowded trail and he was only mildly distracted by people, other dogs and lots and lots of chipmunks!  Oh he wanted to chase the chipmunks so badly but a short firm  "NOPE!" from me and he resisted the urge to go after them and pull me down! Wefinished with 7 miles  - his longest run!