The Fat Lab Project - Day One

Tonight was the official start of the "Fat Lab Project". It's my summer project to achieve 2 things: To lose weight (Fat) and to train an old Labrador (Lab) named Rusty. So I'm going to go jogging/walking with Rusty for at least an hour every night for the rest of April, the whole of May and, if all goes well, even beyond.

I started the project today by buying Rusty a collar and leash from the local hardware store. He hasn't been out of his cage for months so as soon as we let him out he started running around and peeing on every plant, bush, and rock he could find. After awhile I put his leash on and started walking him around the garage to let him get the hang of being on a leash. After an hour, we tried going out on the street and walk him around the park. He was VERY excited and started peeing on everything again. I ended up walking/jogging him around the park's basketball court for almost an hour. He was very obedient to the point that I didn't even need to pull him around and he just followed me. Overall, it was extremely fun and successful.

I'm going to walk him again in awhile while I listen to the radio or a podcast on my phone.