Toby’s ready and waiting to go to daycare. I coaxed him out around 7:30 to do his business. It was 40 degrees. He has a big day ahead: daycare this morning and advanced training this afternoon. We hope to squeeze in a nap for him in between while we take advantage of the temperature warm up to walk the causeway. The low temperature last night was 36; the high today will be 65. On a day like this, we get to wear full winter gear followed by shorts and long sleeves. So this is an improvement from the last several days.
We got to enjoy that 65 degree weather while walking on the causeway after we picked Toby up. He had a good time playing with Barkley, and he kept his pee in his body or outside where it belongs.
We came upon a family of dolphins playing under the tidal bridge.
I counted five.
It was nice to get outside in the sun again.
I ordered a compression sleeve for my arm. About eight weeks ago, we went kayaking in the mangrove trails on Caladesi Island. Apparently, I paddled too hard and sprained my arm. It’s about 95% healed, and I think the sleeve will help to finish up the healing. When I first injured it, I couldn’t lift a plate or turn my electric toothbrush on without pain or even bend my arm to eat or floss. Opening jars was the worst. The last two days I haven’t felt any pain. Soon I will start rehabilitation.
John said we were of the age that we could proudly wear our medical accessories.
It was lovely to see blue skies and puffy clouds again.
Training this afternoon was rough. Our trainer said she could tell we took the month off, which is not completely true but it was impossible to explain otherwise while Toby was being an unfocused dog.
There are six dogs in his advanced class, all of them new to us and Toby. I’m afraid Toby is at the bottom of his class—again. We had to go around and introduce ourselves and tell what Toby was good at and what he needed to work on. We had to go first. I said he was good with “sit.” They all laughed (because it’s the most basic command), but I was serious. We said he needed to work on everything. Our trainer was not pleased.
Toby did a nice loose leash walk with John and then me, so we redeemed ourselves a bit.
Our trainer did say that most dogs take advanced several times, even her dog took it three times. John heard that the other dogs are on their second or third time. That made me feel a little better.
Our last walk of the day around Lake Saundra.
Toby’s under that blanket, exhausted. The only nap he got was while we were walking on the causeway.
Miles walked: 10.4
Miles biked: 0
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