he loves our walks, so I decided to go and if he seemed tired or had any other issues, we'd turn back. But he was so happy and energetic, trotting the whole way, sniffing and marking and no sign of any breathing or coughing problem, we ended up going an hour and covering about 2-1/2 miles...he trotted along, actually leading JJ on the path home



Now my rant...we were walking through a subdivision and stopped at an island where there are big "pee rocks" the dogs like to sniff...sniffing away and all of a sudden, two bernese mountain dogs galloped up...they live a few houses down and have an invisible fence that obviously either wasn't working or they broke through...startled all of us, but fortunately were friendly and my dogs were ok...Gage got behind me as he usually does and JJ sniffed and circled as the two of them surrounded him...JJ actually didn't even bark, his usual response to excitement (as I reflect, another good thing)...the dogs ran off down the street...I went to their house and told the guy what happened...he apologized and said they wouldn't go far (obviously this has happened before
