Cone of Shame

On Tuesday, I took my Henry boy to the vet to be neutered.  It turns out he is a bigger baby than I originally thought.  He made sure to let everyone know, in true Husky fashion, that he was not happy and very uncomfortable.  He wouldn't leave his incision alone so they sent him home with "the cone of shame" to be kept on for the next two years of his life...not really, just for a few days until it becomes a little less uncomfortable for him.  He is running in to everything and almost has one side of it chewed off...really, I expected nothing less.  He hates being cooped up not able to do anything.  I cheated and took him for a mile walk this morning...he loved his little bit of freedom.  I am really looking forward to taking the cone off of my pretty boy and having him run with us again.  Until then, I guess I have to listen to him "talk" back to me and tell me how upset he still is about the whole ordeal.

 

Oh, Henry!

 

 

 

Coupler

Last week, I got up early to take my pups for a run.  What I usually do is take Zoey out for three to four miles and then run a victory lap with Henry (usually one to two miles).  Henry was raring to go and in true Husky fashion, wanted to "talk" about it.  He let me know that he was not going to be left behind this time.  I thought, "What the heck" and leashed him up too.

I couldn't help but smile from ear to ear as we ran our morning run together...all three of us.  Zoey was quick to show Henry the ropes.  He seemed most comfortable running about a half body length behind her on her left side.  Sometimes, on the route I run, there can be a little bit of traffic.  I usually say, "over" to Zoey and she moves over beyond the shoulder of the road in to the grass.  It was nice because all I had to do was say the word and Zoey would move herself and Henry over.

It was after our first run together that I knew I needed a coupler.

And my husband was kind enough to let me pick one up on Saturday:

Potty break is going to take some getting used to with the coupler on, but all in all we had a fantastic run!  It was such a blast...and if we had a bigger house and a fenced in yard, I would get one or two more to add to my pack.

For now, I am thrilled to run short runs just the three of us.

(All tired out after our first run all together)