Mimi’s favourite place to be these days is the Red Zone. The Red Zone is a lawless place where rules, boundaries, etiquette, nature, integrity, and hygiene do not exist. Sometimes Mimi is taken to these places by roomie Ian but usually, she manages to find her way there on her own.
Today’s Red Zone adventure happened at Bellwoods Park. After barking incessantly at some kids frolicking in the snow (ok, they weren’t actually frolicking, they were sledding but I can’t figure out how to spell toboganning [crap!]) she happily trotted over to me when she saw that I had found a stick roughly twice as long as she. I decided to throw it down an icy hill thinking that it would make for some laughs for me and good exercise for her. False. Mimi easily fetched it and then proceeded to prance around the park with the stick in her mouth. Just far enough out of my reach but close enough to show off.
Channeling Cesar Millan’s Calm Assertive Leadership energy in me I called for her to Come. Rather than obey, she pranced in the opposite direction. This public theatre lasted for the remainder of the walk and despite my best effort at Calm Assertive Leadership what I really wanted to employ was Aggressive Beatdown Leadership.
Bottom line, Mimi really likes visiting the Red Zone. And you can too, just come for a walk with us one day.
