Didn't think I'd like that

About to walk my dog, Taya in a bit. She's a

cross between a Staffordshire terrier and a Springer Spaniel! I know strange combination. She has a stance of a staff and the energy of a springer. As I think about the dog though it makes me wonder why im so enthusiastic about taking her on long walks.....
Its taken my fiancee about four years to convince me to have a dog and she finally wore me down January 2011. She convinced it is was for the kids, my two were fearful of dogs even coming up to them and sniffing, no matter what the size, and that if we had one they would get used to the dog and fear will be eradicated.
So I gave in and we drove around Gwent and the surrounding area. We finally found one at a dog kennel, a border collie, which seemed nice enough and active to deal with my three and seven year old hypper active, energised kids.
I was in work one day and Lisa texted me saying she has locked the dog outside and made an sos call on facebook, asking for any who wants a dog free of charge can pick ours up. Shocked I phoned her and she told me that the dog had been rounding Daylan up like he was sheep in a herd and nipped at him a few times, because of his random child movements. Basically the Collie was working of instinct was herding my boy and really didn't know how to take him. It had to go! And fast!
Never again will we buy a dog with an unknown history.

Anyway I digress. We bought Taya at four months old for £50 from a friend of a friend we knew the history of the mum and dad and the temperment of Taya. Full marks on all fronts.
Kids were happy with dog the and vice verser.
As the months have gone by I've tended to walk her on Weekends as no one else can be bothered! But what I have found is that I actually enjoy walking the dog or rather the walking. If I take the kids with me we go over the field were I take a ball and one of those ball throwing gadgets and play for an hour. If its just one man and his dog we go on monster two hour walks, where I can clear my head, get some exercise for myself and Taya, look at my local area and see people I know on the way.
I wasn't a fan of walking the, especially with a pink lead, but I guess a negative has come out of a positive, and I've found something enjoyable which I never thought would be.