Saturday, we had a dog park visit on the way to Gramma’s house. It was very hot with a dew point in the oppressive range. We knew our visit would be short, but with the heat, it would wear even Olivia out a bit. Compared to many dogs we are all super mellow, but Olivia can be a bit overbearing and we wanted to tame that down before hitting Gramma’s house.
We go to this dog park once or twice a year on average, our last visit was in January. It is about nine acres of fenced area with trails and wooded areas. Even if it is busy, there is plenty of room to spread out and do our own thing. With the awful heat Saturday, there were only a handful of people and dogs at the park which is perfect for us.
Many people go to dog parks for the dogs, but we go to be off leash in a different area, and to get some exercise walking with Mom. This park has a small dog section. I met one of the small dogs through the fence right after we arrived. Meeting other dogs is something I enjoy as long as they don’t come charging at me. Olivia is always apprehensive about strange dogs until I let her know everything is safe.
We all know Olivia has longer legs, and long ears, but she also has a very long back. You can kind of see that in this side shot of her.
Me, I’m what Mom calls a compact model of a GBGV, short, small, but solid as a rock and sweet as pie. I’m usually on a mission of some sort. For the most part Olivia and I stick together, but sometimes we venture off on our own. Being a mommy’s girl, Olivia always has to be within view of Mom.
Along our travels on the pathways, we found this little fellow named Josh. He was hot after us cuties! Josh wasn’t bad looking, and he is the same color scheme as us – matching is always good. Eventually, his humans caught up to him and they headed off in a different direction.
One thing Mom loves to do on a dog park visit is to hide from us and also practice recalls. Being a completely fenced park, it is fairly safe to let us stray off on some critter tangent. Mom will hide where she can peek at where we are, but we can’t see her. At some point, she will call our name and we come racing. It is scary because we hear her, but can’t see her. No worries, we smell our way to her and are quickly reunited. It teaches us to pay attention to her so she doesn’t get lost.
We are pretty certain that a lot of critters live in this park with all the trees and stuff. They must sleep during the hours the park is open and come out the rest of the time. The critter smell is all over, but no critters. I guess even a stupid squirrel knows better than to hang out at a dog park when the dogs are there! Nevertheless, we are optimists and hope to find a stupid critter that doesn’t know any better, but so far no luck on that.
Run! It’s time to go back to the car! We spent almost a half hour on our dog park visit walking, running, and sniffing. The A/C in the car felt good, and we got a big bowl of water and some tasty cookies from Gramma. As long as Mom is careful about watching us and making sure we are not overheated, short bouts of fun outdoors are a good thing, even in swampy, tropical weather.
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Wow! Our local dog parks aren’t nearly this interesting. Lucy would wear her nose out sniffing all of the new scents. Have a blessed week.
We have a lot of really big, completely fenced ones with trails. I guess we are lucky.
I am so happy your mom did not get lost! Did you have fun with Gramma and her new fur baby? XOXO, Sparkle
We had fun with Gramma, but the kitty doesn’t like me, and she scared Olivia, so Olivia is afraid of her.
Your so lucky to have a wonderful park near you!
There are a lot of big fenced dog parks in our area, but we don’t go very often.
That sure looks like a nice park for you to go investigating and running!
We weren’t there long, but it was fun.
Mom loves these photos of you girls on the trail! She thinks you look so sweet. She loves the old photos of me and my brother Dash on the trails. She finally found a good hiking spot and has been taking my little brother. She thinks it’s too hot and too much for me to hike with them. But she says that really I am needed so I could teach my little brother how to behave on the trail! It’s true that the older sibling does a lot of teaching. Maybe one early morning soon we will go for a quick hike. Great photos! We loved them this morning. have a good day your friend Lilly
Awww, you should ‘zoom’ with Bailie because she wasn’t with us on our adventure. You can only have 2 dogs at the dog park anyway. Hope you get to go early and have a good hike. Have a great rest of your Monday.
Dog parks are just as fun for the peeps as it is for the pups. I know that’s true where I’m concerned. Looks like you had a great time and mom watches over you so you don’t get overheated. That’s a good thing. You’re all so cute.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Scritches to all the pups and my very best to your wonderful mom. ♥
Mom likes to walk in different places and it gives her arms a break not having us tugging on our leashes.
What great shots and story!
Thank you.
What lucky girls you are, that is a beautiful park for pups!
It is a real nice park.
Nice park! Most of the ones near us are mostly full of scrub and this time of year are dry and prickly to walk on.
We are lucky there are a lot of big and nice fenced dog parks around our area. We don’t go often, but they are fun now and then.
You girls are so lucky to have a gem of a dog park. Great photos!
It was really nice, but they are redoing it and making it even better now!
That last photo says it all!!!
🙂 I think it does!
Every time I see it, I think that that park is really really nice. And, girls, I think that Josh is a hottie!
Josh was a bit small for us, but he really wanted to hang out with us. We have a lot of super nice dog parks, which is nice. We rarely go, but it is great when we do decide to go for a bit.
A fun, safe outing is a blessing!
It was great because it wasn’t crowded and we got to race around a bit.
Nice of you gals to still get out and about on hot days. Lovely walk you had.
We are out and about every day, but with the oppressive weather we’ve had, we have to cut things short a lot of times.
That looks like a fun park!
It is a very fun place to go as long as we can go when not too many people are there.
Sounds like a very fun outing. We love that you and your huMom practice recalls.
Your fur-iends,
Norman & Elsa 🐾
We do pretty well on recalls if there is nothing better to do, but Mom would never trust us in an unfenced place.
It sure doesn’t take long to get worn out in this hot weather! It looks like you had a very fun visit to the park, even if it had to be a bit shorter than usual.
We rarely do anything outside when it is so hot. Of course, we have to walk or run every morning before breakfast, but that is about it.
The boys are never off-leash except in our yard. I’m glad you had fun at the park.
Same here, except in completely fenced areas.
We have a dog park close to our house — our dog, Joseph, loves getting in lots of exercise and meeting all the other dogs there! There is no doubt that he would be excited to meet your adorable pups!