We walked

It was very scary. There was the mother & her daughter sitting in their yard with their big barking (but staying on his side of the street) dog. There were the (big?) scary sounding dogs on the other side of the fence. They apparently smelled good since Einstein wanted to stop & sniff while Linus wanted to run. Then there were the 2 couples leaving a house. That was very stressful. For me! Linus was bucking & trying to run while Einstein was trying to drag me back so he could say hi. We survived that. We eventually ran into 2 girls who were on our side of the street & were Einstein groupies. Linus hid behind me while Einstein did his happy wriggle dance of joy for the girls. We eventually made it the last 3 houses to ours & staggered inside. OK. I was the one staggering. Linus was running. Einstein was dragging his heels.

The head collar is a big help. I was able to keep Linus at my side most of the walk. I now understand why horses rear after watching Linus doing a pretty good imitation several times. The song about "Walking in the Light of God" popped into my head. So the last half of the walk I was singing that. I'm sure I was butchering both the tune & the lyrics but it helped me stay calm while Linus was pitching a fit & falling in it and dragging Einstein along behind me. Einstein needs some leash walking refreshers too.
Let's see we did lots of:
We are walking in the Light of God...
We are waiting in the Light of God.....
then there was We are turning in the Light of God.....
or We are stopping in the Light of God.....
I'm sure people thought I was a tone deaf Christian nut job who couldn't control her dogs. Everything but the Christian and the nut job part aren't true, of course. (I didn't say I could carry a tune. I said it was true that I wasn't tone deaf.)

We are home now. Linus has pawed at his head (I took the leash & collar off when we came inside.) & rubbed it furiously against the floor & the loveseat. He's laying in front of the loveseat panting very very hard. Einstein is probably off laying on the cool tile.

I should be cleaning. Instead I'm going to do some knitting, weigh some yarn, and watch Stargate Atlantis. Then I'll clean some more.