What a gorgeous day! 60 degrees and sunny! Riley has been waking me up several times a night lately, so I thought that a jog/walk may tire him enough to let me sleep all night. So I took him to Stone Mountain. Lots of other people had the same idea; it took me a while to find a parking spot. There were a lot of people and dogs on the trail, so we spent more time walking/waiting for people to pass, than we did jogging. He used to easily run 4 miles on the trail, but today he lost steam at 2 miles. I haven't been taking him running much lately because of the weather, my heel, and focusing on quality work-outs. I'm looking forward to being able to do those easy recovery runs so I can get him back into shape. At 2.5 miles, he had been panting heavily and refused to drink water. He normally runs in front of me, but now was lagging behind. So I stopped and made him sit for about 10 minutes since we still had about a half-mile to go and this was unusual behavior. We ended up walking the last mile. He refused to drink water on the trail or at the car and continued to pant heavily. He looked happy though. As soon as we arrived home, he drank out of his water bowl and happily greeted the dog (Tasha) that we had left behind; I just can't handle both of them on the trail and Riley is the one in most need of exercise.
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