The Adventures of Cato, Tara and Jasmine

Wow what a lovely walk but I'm not sure I could walk that far Before breakfast, you're very brave! And I agree Cato, golf is boring!  love that black pipe thingy, glad you told me what that was for cuz I'd have never guessed that!!

 Wow what a great way to start your Saturday.........that would be the walk I would enjoy then have a nice cup of coffee with a biscuit and sit and people watch a bit and then start the trek back. Cato I too agree golf is boring and I have tried it with little success.......boring.  The next time your near the Rosemary patch have Mum get some sprigs and rub on your coat.........you will smell wonderful.....the fleas if any are about will stay away from you. Thanks for the wonderful walk today.....enjoyed it very much.

What a wonderful long walk you had and you didn't lose dad once...good thing you two and mom was there or he could have fallen off that pipe thingy crossing over 

Hope you two are sleeping now ....it's raining again....Argggg

OK - I have missed something and thought if I read long enough I would find the answer.......but I haven't.  What is Truffle Hound?

That was a nice long walk - your Mom and Dad are SUCH good parents.  Shorty and Sophie have a good Dad but Mom is always complaining about her feet and how she hurts all day if she walks with us.  Something about archritis or sumthin.

Cato:  

@Marlene Truffle Hound is fun!  It is when Dad needs a sit down, or Tara sees one of her favourite benches, and we all go for a rest.  I sit properly on the ground.  Mum and Dad sit on the bench, and Tara just scrambles around and hops up and down, and makes a pest of herself.

Then we get a drink.  I drink first.  Then Tara splashes everywhere and gets her beard all dribbly and wet.  It is why her beard is such a dark pink colour.  

Then we play Truffle Hound.  Mum and Dad take some tiny treats and they throw them, and we have to hunt and snuffle and rootle til we find them.  Sometimes they fall on the path, and are easy to find, cos they bounce and you can see them.  But sometimes they fall into grass and stuff and are really difficult.  That is when Mum says we are like Truffle Hounds.  Not that I have ever hunted for Truffles like proper Truffle Hounds do.  But I bet I would be good at it.

It is a good game.  I bet Shorty and Sophie would like it too!

Mum says hurting foots are horrible, but it is a pity you miss out on walks.  Walks are the best thing ever!  The sniffs are wonderful.

Aha!  So THAT is the Truffle Hound game!

I miss my walks - still do it occasionally cuz I can't stay away from the beach.  But that's how I wrecked my feet.......running barefoot in the sand for many years.  Ruptured achilles tendon that still bothers me and chronic plantar faschitis plus arthritis from stress fractures on top of my left foot :-( I maintain if I wear my lovely Rebok cross trainers with the $450 orthopedic inserts (I have 4 pair).  If I try to be "fashionable" in trendy shoes I pay the price.  I have truly become a little old lady in tennis shoes :-/

Such a lovely day for a walk. Shame about all those people... 

Loved seeing the duck with the ducklings.  Awwww cute 

Ah, the joys of plantar fascitis. Not.

i had it for years - probably a lot less severe than you, but it was bad enough!  Eventually got rid of it using some pilates exercises i found on you tube.  I will try and find them.

if yours is worse than mine then they may be of no help at all, but i hope they do - it is a miserable thing. Every step. Hate it.

Here you go (apologies if you have seen them before ).  It was the calf stretch on the stairs that worked for me - in just 3 days.  Like magic.

Hope that helps. 

Ooh thanks for the exercises Jo, I have it too and every so often it acts up bad. I had tried the other exercises but hadn't seen the one on the stairs, will try that!

I had it last summer quite bad.. Hobbled about for ages and it's never been right since... 

I'm going to try this too. Thanks Jo. ?

Let me know how you get on?  I would feel a right berk keeping on recommending it if it only works for me and no one else ! 

Truffle Hound sounds like a fun and fascinating game!  I bet Coco and Benji would love that!  Looks like such a nice walk.  

On 5/21/2016 at 6:23 PM, Crinkly said:

Ah, the joys of plantar fascitis. Not.

i had it for years - probably a lot less severe than you, but it was bad enough!  Eventually got rid of it using some pilates exercises i found on you tube.  I will try and find them.

if yours is worse than mine then they may be of no help at all, but i hope they do - it is a miserable thing. Every step. Hate it.

Here you go (apologies if you have seen them before ).  It was the calf stretch on the stairs that worked for me - in just 3 days.  Like magic.

Hope that helps. 

I do all of these exercises regularly because I have this mess to deal with as well.  It can be very painful.  Sometimes, when it gets really bad, I will take a 20 oz soda bottle and fill it almost full with water and freeze it.  Then I will roll my foot back and forth over it.  It helps a lot.  I keep a little bottle frozen in my freezer all the time.