The Excursion

 Bubs:  Hello, little sissy, nice to see you are still alive and in one piece for this week's blog session. 

Cupcake: Yep, avoided being murdered yet again. 

Bubs: Do you want to tell the story or should I? 

Cupcake: You can tell it. But I will be here to oversee the accuracy of the details. So no embellishing, bro.

Bubs: No need to embellish, it was all scary enough. Your life flashed before mom's eyes and your life flashed before my eyes too. Now getting to the story. It was Friday evening, mom had just gotten home from work and leashed us up to go for a walk. Since the time change last month it stays light longer and we can get in a short walk on Friday nights with momma. So there we were out on the walk. We were at about the halfway point of the evening walk, when little ol' me was desperately searching for just the right spot...if you know what I mean. 😉 Well someway somehow mom dropped Skylar's leash. She never in a million years thought she needed to be extra fast to get a hold of Skylar's leash again. But apparently speed was a factor. Because at the same moment mom dropped Skylar's leash, Skylar spotted a bunny. She wasn't interested in the bunny....because she is afraid of almost everything. So she decided to take off running. Mom yelled to her to stop. Mom ran after her practically dragging me along. Mom ran. And mom ran. There was no catching up to Skylar. Mom said a quick prayer to herself that Skylar would stop or at least be protected. Mom kept saying over and over again, "please Lord, just protect my baby girl". Mom and I continued to run, mom was desperately trying to keep Skylar in sight while praying for her safety. Then at one point mom thought Skylar had slowed down so we sped up more to get to her. But then a big dog in his yard barked and Skylar sped up again. The hope of catching up to Cupcake was once again gone. The best part was Skylar was at least running in the direction of home. Mom hoped she knew where she was going.  We continued to run towards Cupcake and tried hard to keep her in our sight. She crossed a few streets and managed to run all the way home. As mom and I came down the street towards our house we could see Cupcake standing at the front door. After mom and I crossed the street to get to the side of the road where our house is, mom gave Skylar a command. Skylar turned around and ran towards mom. When she got to mom she literally leaped with all her little might into mom's arms. The relief mom felt was overwhelming. She shed a few tears on Skylar's head as she kissed her about a billion times. Whew! Sissy was lucky! So lucky she knew the way home. So lucky no one backed out of their driveway and hit her. So lucky she managed to safely cross the streets she needed to to get home. Sissy-Cupcake, how'd I do at telling the story? 

Cupcake: It's 100% accurate. If it hadn't been for that bunny that looked at me weird and then that big dog barking at me from his yard, I would have stopped sooner. But I was terrified. 

Bubs: You terrified mom and I too. Next time, trust that mom will pick up your leash and protect you from the bunny all at the same time. Mom can do both...I know she can. But you know what your little excursion earned you? 

Cupcake: No, what?

Bubs: A 3 week mini session of more training. Mom called our trainer yesterday to set it up. 

Cupcake: Oh geez, the punishment is real. Well I guess I'll just look at it as momma and me bonding time. It wasn't so bad back when I was in puppy school. 

Bubs: Hopefully, you learned a lot the other day and this will never happen again. You might not be as lucky next time. 

Cupcake: Yes. And it didn't make me feel very good to see how scared and upset momma was at the time. I need to relax more and not be scared of bunnies, birds, and other dogs. 

Bubs: It's not easy. But remember you always got me to protect you little sissy. 

Cupcake: I know, big bro! Paws and kisses to all! 🐶