



I have rewritten this post twice, why doesn't reddit auto save and why does it refresh when you leave for literally less than 5 seconds. I left to give it camera access and it was gone. :')
Anywho. Hi!
This is my little old lady Bella. She's 8 years old this month, and we've had her since she was 6mo. I would've taken her sooner, but we live on a 45mph road with no sidewalk, and it's directly connected to a major highway not too far down from the house. I finally found an old gravel road not too far away, and took her down it this morning. She had tons of fun, and sniffed everything in reach.
We got some training in, and she was very good about following the leash and staying close to me. She got some good treats as a reward :)
She has an old injury and started limping a bit more than usual, but i let her keep going since she seemed fine aside from that and was having a ball. I did stick to the grass and dirt next to the gravel after that, and checked to make sure she didn't step on something, and she was very polite and let me hold her paw to do so. We explored around the outside of an abandoned trailer home on the way back, and a couple other spots to let her snuffle around. She was very good and had a grand old time. I'll be adding this to our routine, and rotating with our other male GSD, Jund. Maybe I'll drag my sibling along so we can take both. We could all use it. Plus, it'll help knock off and manage that little bit of excess weight she's built up recently so she can be as healthy and happy as possible. 💜🪻