This… this was a month. A busy one.
You may recall that October’s K9 Kamp challenge was to do more – specifically, to get active with your dog for an extra 30 minutes a few times per week. You may also recall that I found this challenge a bit daunting, given how busy my month was shaping up to be.
So, how did it go? Well, I did not meet my own personal fitness goals, given that I haven’t seen the inside of my gym since September. (Here’s hoping that November will be better.) I ate pretty poorly this month. I had no motivation. I got off to a really slow start with K9 Kamp, having a lot of trouble squeezing in those extra minutes. I wasn’t sure how I would explain it all to you here on the blog.
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(That GIF, by the way, is from the show Being Erica. If you have not seen it, you are totally missing out. Thank you, Canada. I was lucky that a friend turned me on to this show so that I could catch it when it aired on SOAPnet, but I believe you can still buy or download it. Anyone else a fan?)
Anyway, it turns out that doing more with the dogs is easier than getting myself to the gym. It’s also easier than resisting a delicious cookie. Thank goodness!
Once I realized that I didn’t have to do all of those minutes at once (thanks, Kol’s Notes!), the challenge seemed more achievable. A game of tug here, a game of fetch (or my dogs’ version of it, which is not really fetch at all) there, and the minutes added up before I knew it. So, I guess the lesson from this round of K9 Kamp is that even when you’re busy, it can be done!
With that, another session of K9 Kamp has come to a close. Would I do it again?
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The llama has spoken. I’ll see you next time, fellow Kampers. How did you get active with your dog this month?
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Great job! I also need to be better about giving my dog more active time. Breaking it up throughout the day definitely helps!
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I love the Llama!
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I would give anything to love exercise as much as my dogs do. It will probably never happen.
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I am known for being unreasonably loyal to Canadian TV (e.g., Corner Gas, Rick Mercer, Due South), but Being Erica is actually one I didn’t watch. Maybe I will have to revisit!
Though, the Emperor’s New Groove remains my favourite all-time Disney movie!
I couldn’t imagine trying to add gym-time to the day. I’d much rather get some exercise spending time outside with the dogs than sharing equipment with sweaty strangers indoors.
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I was very happy when I heard the “extra 30 min” was just a guideline! We managed 30 minutes on the days when we added a second walk, but some days it was just 5 min here or there, like you did. We are hoping to keep it going, since the next 2 months are Big EATING months!
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We didn’t do a lot of extra, I have enough trouble keeping up with the regular routines of walks and fetch. We did take one very lovely hike in the beautiful fall weather though, to a waterfall, which was a lot of fun!
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We did what we could and I figure as long as we did more, than we won! LOL
No, I haven’t seen that show and really, I don’t have time to watch the shows I do record. 🙁
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