Week 11 - Social Distancing Ozzie Style...NOT

Week 11 it was bound to happen. Six years is forever in a dog's life. Last year was a rough year for our furry friends. We lost many in this neighborhood, including Sadie. She is very missed but Millie is doing her best to fill the void for her fur parents...

***I have what is called a “Velcro” dog. He is not happy if he is not right up against me, at all times. I assumed he would never get this social distancing concept, but I was wrong. On our walk, we met up with one of the usual neighborhood puppies, a big girl named Sadie. She loves Ozzie! I believe Ozzie likes (or tolerates) her because he doesn’t go all Tasmanian devil on her as she towers over him. Sadie has a tendency of “coming in hot”, as we call it, running full steam towards him to do the butt check hello.

Well, this morning, that didn’t happen. No butt check. They both completely ignored each other, even as their mommy’s and daddy conversed at the safe distance. That has NEVER happened in the three years I’ve been walking this neighborhood.

Do you think the lack of toilet paper has something to do with it? I don't know why I'd think that, but it just came to me with no butt sniffing and all. Maybe dogs can smell the virus and are keeping carriers away from each other? No, that’s even more cray, cray. Maybe I’ve just been alone too long with my dog. #ozzie #michelenimtz***