I am thrilled to welcome Nelly the Bernadoodle to K9 Kate's. She completed her first week of dog walks on Friday, and now she's flying airplanes. Ok, ok, so only one of these things is true ... it's dog walks, people!
Rob reached out to K9 Kate's after being referred by our friends at In the Lead Dog Walking. Like us, In the Lead provides Toronto dogs with a strictly offleash dog walking service. It is a company that I happily refer to anyday when receiving requests West of our service area (e.g. Leslieville, Corktown). If you have Google searched Toronto Dog Walker, live in those areas, and are reading this, I definitely recommend these guys!
Back to Nelly Belly :) Given Nelly is so young and a dog park/dog walk novice, I kept her on a short, trailing leash for her first dog walk. This allowed her to still run but enhances safety; if Nelly were to, for instance, run towards a potentially problematic situation, I can interrupt this much more effectively by reaching for her leash, not her. I HIGHLY recommend anyone with a dog who is a puppy, new to park or simply working on, for example, resource guarding to do just this!
Importantly, by dog walk number two, Nelly no longer required a trailing leash ... yeah, girl!!!! Nelly is an offleash ROCK STAR! She runs and plays with the other dogs beautifully, is highly social, inquisitive and, well, freaking adorable.
Rob and Ariel, thank you for reaching out and letting me be Nelly's dog walker!