Mom took my sisters to the Bryant Lake dog park last weekend. When Katie and I first came to the US, we went to the dog parks several times a week. Katie just loved meeting friends, and I tagged along. For many years, we even had a yearly pass for Three Rivers Parks as they are the best dog parks, in our opinion. As Katie got older, we stopped going. We have a yard to play in, and dog parks faded out of our lives.
Bailie and Madison are now discovering the fun like Katie and I used to have. Mom loves the Three Rivers parks because they are big and have walking trails. It is a great opportunity to practice some training off leash too. The small parks where people stand around are boring, and Mom wants to get some exercise at the dog park too, so we like ones where we can walk.
Recall is something Mom always works on at dog parks. She hides when we take off, we panic and have to find her. My sisters are new to this game, but are quick studies! Bailie was much better than Madison, and often was worried having lost Mom and Madison!
Bailie has some dog park experience under her furs. We went with Katie a time or two, I went with Bailie, and she also went alone to work on some training and take photos. Mom realized as Katie got older, I really don’t like other dogs around me much, which is why I no longer go along. My sisters are both social butterflies as was Katie.
Madison likes to just take off running without thinking which makes Mom, our helicopter parent, nervous. She felt much better having Bailie along because she helped keep an eye on Madison at all times.
It was a beautiful fall day, but still cool enough to keep the mud at bay. Nothing worse than getting all muddy and then hopping into the car.
Once Madison realizes she has lost her family, she sure can get up some speed to find Mom and Bailie! After 45 minutes at the dog park, both my sisters were happy to have some water, a cookie, and a nice nap at Gramma’s house!
It sounds like a trip to the dog park might be in the cards more often for my sisters. Mom may even get a yearly pass again. A dog park can be a great place to meet dogs and work on training, but one always needs to keep an eye on what is happening. Not every dog and owner are well behaved, and one needs to leave if trouble is brewing!
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Katie is like Emma. She doesn’t like dog parks. She just sits there and doesn’t really want to play with anyone. But she does loves walks in Central Park.
Yep! I love walking any place, any time, but I don’t like hanging out with other dogs. Mom says it is an ego thing with me.
Those are awesome photos Emma! I loved dog parks in my younger days like your sisters do! Lilly not so much. Hey! I’m back. I’m still under the weather (pancreatitis!) but I’m home putting my paws up and getting better and catching up on some reading! this is an awesome post. Have a great day, your doodle friend Dash
Glad you are doing better, but it is weird as I know two other dogs who had pancreatitis this week and none of them ate holiday foods or anything. Take care and feel like your old self soon!
you always find the BEST places!
Mom forgot all about this place since we had stopped going to dog parks, but it is back on the list of activities for my sisters.
How smart of your mom to visit the dog park with the pups who most enjoy it. Her kind of dog park sounds like my favorite too. I like lots of room to move around and I also use it to reinforce Honey’s recall.
Besides hide and seek is fun!
We dogs always panic when we realize she is missing, but she says she always has her eyes on us and enjoys watching us realize she is gone and then come racing to find her.
Now that we are both neutered, Mom says we can start going to dog parks. They look like fun !
If you enjoy other dogs, they are a great place to go and race around. Mom likes the really big ones so she can get some exercise too.
We only have one dog park here. Mom won’t take us because people are stupid and a dog was killed the first weekend it opened. We go to a local trail to walk most of the time.
We are pretty selective about parks we visit.
Glad they got to have some fun! There’s too many people with badly behaved dogs at our local park, so we don’t get to go.
Not all parks are created equal. The ones we like the best charge a fee which helps keep the riff raff out, but one has to always be careful.
Around here, every dog park is different. We always choose carefully.
That is such a nice dog park. All we have around here are the kind people just stand around in – very small. We’ve never been to one, but that would be the kind I would want if we did go.
Bailie and Madison look like they had such a great time!
We have plenty of the small ones where people just stand there too, but we avoid those. There are several real big ones we like and we try to usually go on a week day when it isn’t very busy.
That really looks like some rip runnin’ fun place!!!
Lots of fun to be had at that dog park!
WOW – Bryant Lake dog park loos A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!!
I just discovered a new park the other day which was a super treat – but it was nowhere near as big as that one!
Lots of licks, your good friend Morrie 🙂
It’s a real nice dog park in a good park system. We enjoy a couple of their dog parks.
What a fun place for your sisters to play! We bet they come home exhausted!
xoxo,
Jakey, Arty & Rosy
They went to Gramma’s after the park and had some nice long naps!
We’ve shied away from dog parks. In VA there were too many fights, I haven’t even looked for one here in SC – we just do our own thing. looks like you all had a blast though…
We hadn’t been in ages, but there are some good ones around and my sisters will go occasionally now I think.
We don’t have any off-leash dog parks around here that have hiking trails. That would be amazing for me. I want to work Delilah more, but well….we both know her history of taking off. Which makes me a wee bit nervous.
We have quite a few of them actually and they are real nice, not even very many people there when we go.
Look at everyone having fun, what a great day.
Bailie and Madison really enjoyed themselves.