Life Lessons Learned When Walking a Great Pyrenees Mix

When walking a Great Pyrenees mix named Smokey, you can learn many things like:

1. Ant hills must feel somewhat awesome to a dog's paw, cuz Smokey stepped in 4.

2.  Afternoon walks with a Pyrenees mix is quite stress relieving........until he finds a scent, then my arm is nearly jerked out of socket!

3. You can find half a hamburger patty in the middle of the road if you smell hard enough.

4. Mud puddles are apparently the best water a dog's ever had, full of vitamins and minerals...A dog's Vitamin Water!

5. Stopping every few seconds to "mark your territory" is a MUST, and will NOT and shall NOT be avoided at any cost. Also covering up your "territory" is a MUST by digging up half the Earth to cover up your smell you just created.

6. Having one way conversations with your dog will NOT make him walk "civilized" or go where you want him to go.

7. Chihuahua's can be quite intimidating when they cannot be seen to a Great Pyrenees mix.

8. The winterized pool is the best place to go after a tiresome evening walk, there a Great Pyrenees mix can get unchlorinated water, and the water is extremely cool to it's belly.



More serious moments:
9. Walking on a quiet street, when the sky is turning pink, and the sun is going down is when I have my most quiet moments with God.

10. Every time I walk down the hill from my house I relive the moments when I retraced blood splatter all the way up the hill into the woods from where my former German Shepherd Zeke had been bit by a timber rattler, and ran off to find comfort in the creek. That night I learned a very valuable life lesson, never take any life for granted. We rushed him to the emergency vet in Greensboro, but the vet said the damage was too severe.

Quote of the Day:

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”