Rolling Dog Farm Blog

I've posted before about how Bailey likes to go cruising, despite the obvious difficulty he has with his hind legs and back.  (Because he's still very mobile and not in any pain — not to mention loving his independence — he would not like to be in, nor would he benefit from, a wheelchair.)  In Montana he was always scooting around the yard, checking things out, and doing so with more energy than you'd expect from a little old feller (we think he must be 14 at least). 

Oddly, once we moved to New Hampshire his cruising seemed to diminish, and he spent more time on the front porch than in gallivanting about the yard.  This fall, however, he's returned to his usual pastime with a venegeance — as if the cool days have reminded him that winter is approaching and he'd better get going while the going's still good.

Both Alayne and I noticed he had picked up the pace, and every evening he now leaves the porch and heads out towards the fir tree (with blind Dusty in his den at the base).  Alayne got these photos the other day.  His course is never a straight line, because there are so many things to capture one's interest along the way, like this:

(That's our wireless weather station in the photo.)

Then he heads behind the tree and comes around the other side: 

Before turning west and heading to the fenceline, where he finds something else interesting to sniff:

Now he's on the move again:

But then stops to ask Alayne, "Who are you looking at?"

And finally, on the home stretch back to the porch:

As long as Bailey still likes to go cruising, we know he's doing just fine!

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