#FurkidFriday: Logan The #Cavapoo Goes Walkies

Hi everyone. This is Logan the Cavapoo.

Well, I finally learned what walkies is, and - to be totally honest - I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Mummy carried me a bit at first, until we were down all the steps, and then away from what Daddy called, "the big road," which was nice. But when she put me down on the ground I was so scared and confused I just sat down and cried.


So she carried me for a while again, until I stopped being so scared.

By the time I was brave enough that I didn't cry the moment she tried to put me down, we were by some place they say is called "Oscars" where I didn't meet anyone who might have been called Oscar, but I don't mind because it turns out there was food there. I was still not sure how I felt about being down on the ground in such a wide open space, even when Mummy was sitting beside me...


But I didn't mind being up in her arms outside...


It was when I was on my paws on the ground I got upset.

Lilie, on the other hand, was perfectly happy being outside, watching - and sometimes trying to play with - the other people out there besides our humans. See how she's just sat beside Daddy's feet while he's sat at the table?


So brave!

Lilie enjoying it so much eventually helped me see there was nothing to be scared of. Plus, lots of people came to say, "Hi," to us, and petted us while calling us cute, which I loved. There was food too. Like I said, that place where Oscar lives has food. They gave Mummy and Daddy some, and Mummy and Daddy let me and Lilie have a little. I love food!

With some food in my tummy, people making me happy by calling me cute, and Lilie showing me how much fun she was having being outside, I eventually got brave enough to stay on my paws long enough to try this walking on the leash business. At least, for a little while, when Mummy held both mine and Lilie's leads, so I could walk near Lilie...


Like I said, I didn't walk for long though, even with Lilie to walk with. I got scared again, and was really tired too. I mean, it was a lot for a little puppy like me to deal with. So Mummy carried me some more, and Daddy took Lilie's lead back (he was holding Lilie most of the time, so Mummy could focus on me) and they just walked with us.

When we got home, me and Lilie had a nap. I don't know about her, but I really needed one.

I've had several more walkies since that day. I even walked some with Mummy just holding my lead, and Daddy holding Lilie's lead while the two of them walk beside us. I'm still not sure what to think of it though. Sometimes I get really scared, and sometimes I get confused about what I'm meant to do, and other times I get so tired I just want to go home and not have to deal with it any more.

I especially get confused when the lead and harness tug on me when I try to run forward. I keep thinking it means I can't go any further that way, so I turn around to head the other way. But then Mummy says I have to go the way I was going in the first place, and all of a sudden I can again. At least, for a bit, and then I can't again. It's so strange. Sometimes it confuses me so much I get upset. Mummy says I'll get used to it. I hope so.

Lilie says I'll enjoy walkies when I learn how it all works. As for me... I really don't know what to think.

I want to go walkies with Lilie. Especially if Mummy is going to be going with her and Daddy. But the world is so big and scary, and it makes me want to just have Mummy cuddle me and take me home. There are so many noises and smells that I never heard or smelled before, and so many things I never saw before. I half want to check them out, and half want to stay far away from them. I'm just a little puppy, and it really is such a big world.

Lots of licks,
Logan