The daily run

Shadow likes to run. No, not just like every other pooch; this guy is high energy and runs faster than I want to go. Yeah, sure, I need the exercise, too. But what we do is a very fast twenty two minute run. I have a GO-PED, basically a motorized skateboard. I have a short leash in my left hand and the throttle in my right. We start off with Shadow trotting like a race horse. As the scooter warms up we pick up the pace. He is invariably out ahead of me pulling me even faster. When he was smaller, I could almost keep him in check; but now, at seventy-five pounds, he pulls me. In south Florida we are in full on summer (simmer) and it is hot and humid. I kind of wondered last winter what Shadow would do vis-a-vis the hot pavement. Simple. I am facing traffic in the left hand lane and he runs on the grass. It is not nearly as hot as the street and there are every so many more smells. He runs like a bloodhound with his nose down low getting every scent.

He knows we slow down as we cross streets, but when his feet hit the grass again, off we go. I'm guessing we are moving along at eighteen to twenty-five miles per hour. And this is continuous for the whole session. You are probably thinking that I am getting nothing in the way of exercise out of "the running of the puppy", but the benefit for me is a foot massage. I am standing upright on the platform of this
device and as it rumbles along on the pavement, it is vibrating my feet.

I am diabetic (type two - pills) and my feet need help. This daily massage while I run the pooch makes my feet feel better. My neighbors all wave and smile as the two of us scoot past their houses, they probably think I am either lazy or nuts, or both.
The dog loves the run; it helps my poor feet.

Onward down the street!