Well kiddies, its Week 2, Day 3 official Walk(ing) It Out and I've already got some funny stories for you. As mentioned in last week's blog, Walk It Out is the substitute teacher for Pets and the Sit-y until next week because JFowler is helping her sister with her new born in San Diego. Well, I had a consultation with one of her clients last week and it was interesting, to say the least...
I arrived at the door to meet the client (we'll call her Lizzy-poo) and her two dogs, Georgia and Dublin. Georgia is an 8-month old coon hound and Dublin is a 1-year old Aussie/lab mix. Georgia and I hit it off with no problems at all. Dublin, on the other hand, was not a Walk It Out fan AT ALL. Dublin literally barked at me for 15 minutes non-stop. I got down on my knees and attempted to give her treats an let her sniff my hand. Slowly but surely this started to work and she stopped with the barking and got down with the hand sniffing/licking. Both I and Lizzy-poo were very relieved and started going over the particulars with both dogs. As I stood up to write some notes, BAM, Dublin right back with the barking. FML. So there we are with the awkward, "I don't know if I trust you with my dogs" and "Oh boy I don't know if this is a good fit for Walk It Out." Anyways, we agreed to give it a go this Tuesday. Well, Tuesday came, I come walking up the stairs, the dogs are barking, the crowd is going wild AND...false start; there's no key under the mat. Hmm, ok, strange. I shoot Lizzy-poo at text and let her know I can't find the key. She gets back to me and says she forgot to leave it and she would have to come home soon to let the pups out. I had to leave for another consultation so, I dunno, fait?
ANOTHER funny tale from this week, Walk It Out almost lost a cat? Yes, this almost really happened. I was visiting these two dogs, Arthur and Bella, on Monday morning and while walking Bella, I noticed that a cat was peeking out from the garage door. My first thought was, "how did that cat even get in the garage?" and my second thought was, "let's not lose a cat while walking a dog" so I shoo-ed the little kitty back into the garage and shut the garage door. Crisis averted--so I thought. As we were in the back yard looking for a good home for #2, I noticed the cat under the porch. What the deuce, little kitty, what the deuce? It's already 9am and on a somewhat chilly autumn morning and now I've gotta deal with this cat/ninja while trying to get this dog to do his duty. Ok, so this is where a little "boo-boo" was made. Bella finished up and I run her back inside really quickly and come back out to get this little ghostwriter-like kitten when, surprise surprise, kitten is nowhere to be found. Typical. So I think maybe the cat is some kind of cyborg cat that has indoor and outdoor abilities and I start checking around the house. Obviously, this kitten is not in the house so back outside I go. I start walking around the house. Let me repeat, I walked around the perimeter of the house calling "here kitty, kitty, kitty" while bent over at the hip. Next door, there was a nice man (let's call him Bruce) who was doing some contracted pest control work. After my 4th trip around the perimeter of the house, he finally asks me, "what's your dilemma buddy?" So picture this: dog walker Alvin and pest control Bruce creeping around this house looking for a ninja-kitty. Finally, Bruce has to get to another appointment so he gets in his truck and rolls out, while I go inside and come up with my next scheme. I get a call from a friend (lets call him KShip21) about an emergency walk that he needs because his dog has lost his mind in his condo and his neighbors are complaining.
Anyways, while I'm on the phone I start wondering outside trying to figure out #1 how am I going to explain that I lost a cat and #2 how am I going to work this next "walk" into my schedule for the day. Low and behold, BAM ninja-kitty shows itself! I swoop down the stairs, grab the cat with my free hand and subsequently save the day. Boom Boom Pow, I win!
That's all I've got today, kiddies, but until next time...Walk It Out!
Walk it Out saves the day twice in one day, at the same time! Picked up the Boxer who lost his mind and contributed to the lovely picture above, and took him to daycare at petsmart. Great service...much appreciated.
ReplyDelete1. Ninja kitty story is awesome.
ReplyDelete2. There's no way my favorite cuddly boxer could do ANYTHING like the picture above.