Walk 'Till You Drop

Cookie has been very excited that he gets to go on more walks now that the new dog is here. In fact, he sent me a letter about it.

Dear Lassie,

Hey! It's been a couple weeks and I want to tell you that things are going GREAT!!! Well, mostly great. Although Penny has been jumping up on me, my people have been working hard to fix that. Actually, Camila wants to ask you how to make Penny stop attacking me and why it is that she won't stop after I repeatedly reject her. But anyway, the reason things are great, is because Camila and Mom keep taking me on long walks. Although it's with Penny, I don't mind since she doesn't jump on me during them. It has been so much fun to go on the walks and I'm hoping they'll continue. I LOVE walks!

Your friend,
Cookie

Dear Cookie,

Hi! I'm so glad you're having fun with her! I do have a plan for you and your people to stop Penny from annoying you all the time. I'm sure you'll love the plan because it involves one of your favorite things: walks! Yes, my plan is more morning walks to tire her out. It is also a bonding exercise between you two when you are walking in the same direction. What you can do, is get your people to take you and Penny on a walk first thing in the morning, before you two are together in the house. Then, Penny can be around you, but will have to leave to get played with and tired out if she tries to play with you in the way you don't like. Sorry to say, but this is all you can do. You have to wait it out until she gets older and less frenzied. In the meantime, just tire her out.

Love,
Lassie