Today Zeeke needed to go out. So… how to do it? If I take Zeeke out, I can’t leave Zoe inside alone, not when I don’t know what she could get into and she might get freaked out being left alone. So, I have to take her too. It was a juggling act, let me tell you. I took Zoe out first, because Zeeke knows how to sit-stay (well, most of the time). I took her out, hooked her to her long line, ran back inside to get Zeeke hooked up to his long line, took him out. He immediately tried to trample her, she ran. I grabbed her leash, tighted my hold on Zeeke’s up pretty tight. So, with Zeeke on a short rein I started walking around the side of the house, and Zoe pranced on along behind me dragging her long line behind her (I had the end, not that I needed it). She’d pause to sniff something, then come galloping up to my feet.

I let Zeeke potty while trying to keep Zoe from tangling herself in the bushes, which didn’t work out terribly well. So I moved to the middle of the yard, where Zoe got hyper and ran like a holy terror… unfortunately that got Zeeke excited and he ran after her and pounced her, nearly smacking her with one of his humongous paws. She rolled over a few times, flopping on her back to try to disarm him. Both leashes got pretty tangled.

That was difficult.