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Just another day at Barry Park
Just a bunch more pictures!
I took Dahlia around the pond this morning. We first ran into some lady and her standard poodle (not Finnegan, the one we met before). She didn't have him on lead, but held onto his collar as Dahlia and I sat to let them pass. She asked if Dahlia was friendly and I said yes. She said "Oh good, some dogs are so unpredictable." So she lets go of her dog (Marley) and lets him come over to meet Dahlia and he INSTANTLY goes after her with teeth bared. WTF? Then she grabs him and yanks him away and said "Case in point" and walks off.
What the hell? Her dog attacks mine and MINE is the unpredictable one? I'm guessing this happens to her a lot, which means her dog is actually rather predictable. He doesn't care for most other dogs, lady. She was all snotty about it! And Dahlia was limping. Luckily it just seemed to be momentary shock and she was ok shortly thereafter.
We had a good walk around the pond, met a nice dog who looked like a Basenji/Smooth coated collie cross (no lie). She was really nice, but the woman had both a prong AND chain on the poor dog. She was using the chain to walk her. WEIRD.
I tried to set up an awesome shot of Dahlia chasing the ducks and geese today. I made her sit and wait, walked to the OTHER side of the ducks and geese, and then said "ok!" I guess I Should have said "go get 'em" so it was my OWN fault hat she ran to ME and didn't go after the birds. Oops. She did run down though and run INTO the pond. Good thing she's getting groomed on Tuesday.
When we crossed the road to head back to the car she suddenly got very interested in fetch and she ALMOST got it right (!!!!). I would throw the ball, she'd go get it, run back to me, past me around in a circle and drop the ball somewhere in my vicinity. It's better than her usual keep away. I got a lot of great fetching pictures.
Running to catch up to Mommy.
I love it here, Mom!
Open wide!
At one point, I tossed the ball and she lost it in her running and it went all the way down the hill. Guess who had to go get it? Here's Dahlia sitting on the hill watching me.
Oh yay, POND WATER!!
It wouldn't be a walk without leash tug of war!
Fetching!
Why does my dog always look slightly crazy when fetching?
I took Dahlia around the pond this morning. We first ran into some lady and her standard poodle (not Finnegan, the one we met before). She didn't have him on lead, but held onto his collar as Dahlia and I sat to let them pass. She asked if Dahlia was friendly and I said yes. She said "Oh good, some dogs are so unpredictable." So she lets go of her dog (Marley) and lets him come over to meet Dahlia and he INSTANTLY goes after her with teeth bared. WTF? Then she grabs him and yanks him away and said "Case in point" and walks off.
What the hell? Her dog attacks mine and MINE is the unpredictable one? I'm guessing this happens to her a lot, which means her dog is actually rather predictable. He doesn't care for most other dogs, lady. She was all snotty about it! And Dahlia was limping. Luckily it just seemed to be momentary shock and she was ok shortly thereafter.
We had a good walk around the pond, met a nice dog who looked like a Basenji/Smooth coated collie cross (no lie). She was really nice, but the woman had both a prong AND chain on the poor dog. She was using the chain to walk her. WEIRD.
I tried to set up an awesome shot of Dahlia chasing the ducks and geese today. I made her sit and wait, walked to the OTHER side of the ducks and geese, and then said "ok!" I guess I Should have said "go get 'em" so it was my OWN fault hat she ran to ME and didn't go after the birds. Oops. She did run down though and run INTO the pond. Good thing she's getting groomed on Tuesday.
When we crossed the road to head back to the car she suddenly got very interested in fetch and she ALMOST got it right (!!!!). I would throw the ball, she'd go get it, run back to me, past me around in a circle and drop the ball somewhere in my vicinity. It's better than her usual keep away. I got a lot of great fetching pictures.
Running to catch up to Mommy.
I love it here, Mom!
Open wide!
At one point, I tossed the ball and she lost it in her running and it went all the way down the hill. Guess who had to go get it? Here's Dahlia sitting on the hill watching me.
Oh yay, POND WATER!!
It wouldn't be a walk without leash tug of war!
Fetching!
Why does my dog always look slightly crazy when fetching?
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I wish I had a place nearby I could let mine go crazy in the field. o.o
We have dog parks, but they're not close and almost always used by snotty ass people >.>
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I haven't been to the dog park in ages. I don't think Dahlia's 100% comfortable there. There are a lot of rude dogs...not unfriendly, but just rude, and she doesn't like that much. And recently some eejit brought their Yorkie to the big dog side and the dog was either killed or severely injured by some high prey drive dog.
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Here we have 2 that I can get to within half an hour, and neither of them have much shade or ponds :( And my senior citizens don't have enough energy to keep up with the youngsters, but we WOULD love a place to go play ball off-leash.
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We do have an off leash area not too far away. We need to go there again, but sometimes a little later when the water in the creek is lower. It was too high for Dahlia to really go into the last time we went.
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As if anyone falls for THAT.
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Dahlia is as gorgeous as always.
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