"Experience is what you get while looking for something else."
Federico Fellini
I have to admit, that over the last 4 years I have received great support from our friends. Although I walk our dogs in the morning, and they sometimes come along to work, they still get visits from our "personal" dog walker 2-3 times a week. Charley is a great kid from our neighborhood, who diligently comes to our house after school to let our dogs out. And when his mom, Fran, comes along they even take their own dogs as well as ours out for a nice walk or a visit to the coffee shop down the street. Have I also mentioned the play time they get?
Albeit being very grateful, I guess I unwillingly became accustomed to the situation and always knew that Charley and Fran where just a phone call away. Another bonus is, that the they are first close friends and only secondarily "dog walkers". Therefore we never worry or even give it a second thought if our dogs are in good hands - we know that! With Charley getting older and graduating from High School it really dawned on me how spoiled I had become.
I am aware that we are in a very lucky position and not everyone has the same opportunity and that is where a trusted dog walker comes into play. I met Kim Hollis from See Spot Run LLC, a few weeks ago and I started to think more about all the benefits of having a trusted dog walker. She helped me out last week, when Charley was in graduation stress and wasn't able to come. Besides coming home to two relaxed dogs I was impressed with the little note she left telling me about the visit and to check out her blog. Guess what I found there? Honey & Luca :)
This was a very nice touch and I felt even better about having had her come to my house. But, if you know me, this is not were my brain stops - the wheels in my brain started turning. Unfortunately, I am already running late so I will have to continue this post tomorrow...
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