My little dog does not really walk yet, except on the treadmill in hydrotherapy. At home she will get up and go maybe a couple of steps before her rear swings too far to one side or the other and she sits. She is getting better at standing, though. At her last two hydrotherapy appointments, when the therapist put her into the tank, before the water was filled and before the treadmill was moving, she just *stood* there waiting.
Yesterday we were in the livingroom and she was going around on her bottom eating rabbit droppings off the carpet and she was doing quite a few brief stands. Then she got to her feet and sort of darted forward really fast for maybe 5 steps, hesitated ever so slightly, and darted ahead at least two or three more. In other words, she ran about 3 feet, which is a ways for a chihuahua. It seems like when a child is learning to ride a bicycle. If they go slow there is a tendency to wobble and fall over sideways, but if they go faster they can sail along. She was going so fast her rear end didn't sway as much and she stayed up. Maybe she'll learn to run before she walks!
