April 1, 2014

Dear Terry, What a day! And it isn't even lunchtime yet!! Gram and Dad went running somewhere this morning. Ace the dog behind us was bad and chased another dog. I saw the whole thing but I stayed right by Mom. They sure did run fast! Then me and Mom ran errands. We went all over the place. I thought maybe we were going to the firehouse trail since we were in town but she said Nope, the walking trail today Fred! So we rode over there. Oh that wasn't so fun at times. First, Mom parked by the little bridge that scares me. This time I made it half way across before I had a bit of a breakdown. Mom was there to calm me down and we made it across without dying. Whew! Since I was still wound up, Mom said, Let's jog some Fred! Now THAT is fun! We ran and ran until we were out of breath. But then things weren't so fun again because a big dirt digger and a dump truck came onto the trail and they had lights and were beeping and loud engines. I was so scared I got mixed up and tried to get under a car in the parking lot. Don't worry, Mom was there again. We got back on the walking track and then into the grass and she kneeled down in the mud and grass to talk to me. I put my head in her lap so I couldn't see the trucks. Once I could think again, we marched right on by the commotion. I even looked over at them once to see that they were picking up a tree that had fallen over. One of the other walkers clapped when I made it past! She didn't think I could do it! But I did! And then me and Mom ran again! the whole length of the track back to the car! I have so much fun when we run! Sure am glad I had Mom with me today though because I don't know what to do sometimes when I get scared! I think today should be called Running Day because so far that is all everyone has been doing!

Barks and Wags, FredDog!