The third in a series of occasional blogs by Jimmydog’s Chief Canine Officers Freddie and Joey.

There’s almost nothing Jimmydog’s Chief Canine Officers Freddie and Joey love more than to go for a walk. In their latest blog or dlog as they call them, they explain the finer points of their daily habit (and they mean daily!) and encourage you and your dog to hit the trails, too!

At the risk of offending some of you very nice people reading this, there is no dumber question to ask a dog than: “Do you want to go for a walk?”

Never, in the history of dogs, has the answer to that question been no.

It doesn’t matter if it’s really cold out. Or if it’s really hot out. It doesn’t matter if it’s raining. In fact, if it’s snowing, we like an extra-long walk. It doesn’t matter if our arthritis is acting up or we just got home from a 5-mile hike and could use a little nap.
Do we want to go for a walk? Yes! Yes! Yes!

As senior dogs, there are days when we don’t feel well enough for a very long walk. But even then, we WANT to go!

Since we were mere pups, we have taken our person Todd Belcher for a walk every day—every single day—no matter what. (Have we mentioned that Todd is the best person ever?) When the weather is especially nice, we take a second walk. And if Stephanie—our other best person ever—has time, we take her along, too. Those are the best walks—when our whole pack goes together.

We have heard that not all dogs go for a walk every day. We can’t believe this is true. It’s too sad to even consider.

Our walks almost always start with our other favorite activity—riding in the car. We like to get out of the city and explore the walking and hiking trails of nice big parks in our county. Our favorites are Horizons Park and Triad Park. The car seems to decide which one we visit. (It’s bossy like that.) But that’s fine with us. We like the surprise. Oh, smell! We’re at Horizons today!
We realize not everyone can visit parks every day. That’s OK. Your walks can start right outside your front door: All you need is a dog and a leash. (The leash helps the dog make sure he doesn’t lose track of you. We have noticed that people are prone to wandering off.)

Dogs are meant to walk. Our ancestors traveled long distances every day looking for food. Thankfully, as modern dogs, we don’t have to search for our next meal–it just appears in the bowl. Magic!
So, our walks are a chance for us to stretch our muscles, get the blood pumping, breathe fresh air and clear our heads. (We might look like we’re just lying around much of the time, but we are thinking BIG THOUGHTS, like, Could we learn magic and make food appear in the bowl all day long?)

Todd uses our walks to clear his head too. And when Stephanie comes, we talk about all sorts of important dog and people things. It’s a big family bonding time for all of us.

As dogs, we’re actually quite chatty and leave a lot of messages for the other animals: “Stay away! This is my tree!” or “You smell cute. Leave me your address!” We don’t know why people waste time with all those Facetweets and Twitterbooks—pee is so much simpler.

When we have time, we do a bit of hunting, always on the lookout for one of the biggest menaces of all time: moles. Or maybe they’re voles. Really, it hardly matters. They are both creepy, creepy little things that have no place in a respectable park. A quick snap of the jaw and good riddance mole. (Vole?!)

We love walks so much that we’re going to write a couple more of these blogs about them. Next up: Dog walk etiquette—Lessons for people. (We’ve got some stuff we really need to teach you!)

Yours in dogness,
Freddie & Joey