I ran my 'hilly' route and I stretched my rule of only taking Abbie on a 10K or less distance and brought her along for the 7 miler. At the turn-around spot on my hilly blacktop route there is a farm house that has a ginormous dog...I believe it is a Great Pyrenees breed. He/she is usually very friendly when I run by their house and he/she will trot along with me until I'm about a block away from the farm house and then return home. I have had Abbie with me one other time on that route and the Great Pyrenees, who is at least 4 times larger than Abbie, came up to us and just curiously sniffed her. Abbie was frightened but all was good with their meet and greet. Tonight the farm dog saw us coming up the road and trotted up to us. I thought it would be another simple stop and sniff and we would be on our way, but tonight was different. Abbie was pretty scared and tried to hide behind me, and I'm not sure if this gave the farm dog an authority boost or what but he/she started growling and snapping for Abbie. This dog's head comes up to my waist and I started to panic that this could go bad quickly. I kept blocking him/her from Abbie and we turned around to go back the other direction. Luckily once we were headed in the opposite direction he/she left us alone. Scary! I guess I won't be taking Abbie on that route again. She loves it out there on the country blacktop though. She ditch dives and gets just soaked running through the weeds and water...definitely a bird-dog's element. It was warm enough after our run that I hosed her down in the backyard and lathered her up with her vanilla bean shampoo. She is clean, fluffy, and smells great now...that is until our next run!
Run = 7 miles, 1 hour 3 mins, 9:00 min/mile pace, 70 degrees at 6pm.
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