I am still walking, jogging, running, sprinting or hopping with Okee. In recent months, I have even more epiphanitical (a word I may have made up from epiphany) moments with Okee. As Mr. Q is no longer with us our position in our running line has changed. I used to be the middle between the three of us. Thinking back, both of them pulled and sometimes they pulled at the same directions and other times they pulled at opposite directions. I was the stabilizer. I stopped them when they both want to travel the wrong way; i decide which way to go when they were in disagreement; and i force them to keep moving when we stood for too long.
Mr. Q has always been on the losing end of the line as he likes to smell plants for longer or stops for too long when we come to any crossings. We lose a lot of time when he refuse to move and have to wait again for the next time we could cross. Back to current walks, I tend to let Okee lead but sometimes her judgement is just incorrect. She is also very stubborn at certain places, so it's hard to change route. The movements that I used to see in Mr. Q, I now see in Okee once in a while. It's quite funny.
It's nice when I let Okee lead though because we are still walking the same places but just on a different path. For example, today I was at a path where there are two parallel pedestrian route (there are yard space, bicycle lanes, car lanes between the two pedestrian routes). I usually travel at one pesdestrian path but not the other. The view of the bend was completely different.
Today we also jogged uphill with her, when I looked at her to see if she was tired, she actually had a huge smile on her face. Turns out she was happy to follow me and, perhaps, not tired at all. Sometimes I wonder if she is just playing with me.
It's a tug a war with Okee everyday. Each walk is just slightly different. We enjoy moving together very much.
P.S. I noticed that she walks differently with others.
