“My walking has been hit or miss too.”
I’ve been all missing. Maybe we can try to check in for walking in the fall. I do much better in cool weather.
And I just made Cooper a collar with a bear bell! I’ll feel much better bringing him in the forest now. I stole a bell from one of the cat toys and attached it to a length of string, so it would rattle around as he walks. I know that much risk of any critter assaulting me, but Cooper certainly is since he likes to run off and inspect things. He might accidentally come across a bear. I am going to try to keep him close to me though, because we have coyotes back there as well. Okay I’m scaring myself off, maybe we’ll just walk up and down the driveway lol!
I walk with a whistle just for such occasions of running into critters I don’t want to.
Don’t know how a bear would react to a loud shrill whistle but I know running is not an option.
I don’t like walking in the heat either, that’s why I go out at 6am when it is cool.