Walking Well

My feet and knee are the best they've been in years.
Not sure why.

I've lost 10 pounds, found good shoes, started wearing a knee support when my knee gets wonky, and I'm also taking a special collagen supplement.

I was secretly afraid that my feet and knee would be crippling.

I have always walked a lot, and that surely helps.

Halo And Dinah

Halo likes Dinah, but he's not very demonstrative. It might have to with being an alpha male.

Dinah loves Halo, and is always displaying affection towards him. I think Halo was the lure that convinced her to join our household. They especially enjoy the walks. They smell everything in tandem. They also guard together. That seems to be a big part of their job. I never even considered getting a guard dog, but they both are stellar guard dogs.

Once a delivery guy came through the posted gate, and Halo "herded" him out of the yard. He didn't bite the man, but scared him.

A half-crazy neighbor once came running up at us, thinking I had just stolen his newspaper. Halo backed the guy up 40 feet. This same guy, about a year later, was caught stealing by his elderly stepfather, who shot him dead.

Once at the creek, a canoeist came scrambling up the bank, though thick underbrush.
Halo grabbed him by the shirt, again scaring, but not hurting him. 

Dinah mostly likes people, especially women and children. A few times we've run into men she doesn't like.

When she guards the property, she barks very aggressively, especially at shady looking men. Dinah is a 60 lb bulldog mix, so picture her and Halo, a shaggy 70 lb Australian Shepherd warning off someone.

I've taught them both not to bark at kids.