Monday, March 24, 2014

Lady on the run

LADY ON A GREAT DAY...
Lady and I were in the little-dog side of the dog park the other day when Lady turned to me with a twinkle in her eyes. She lowered her front, like she wanted to play, and she ran.

 She'd stop and do it again. After a moment, I started playing with her. I'd stamp my foot, like I was going to chase her, and she'd start running in circles.

 She probably ran and played like that for 45 seconds. Then she went back to being a boring, 13-year-old dog.

 But I was happy to see the outburst for a few minutes. The nice thing is that she didn't seem winded when she started sniffing the fence again.

 A bunch of dog owners went into the small-dog side because of work being done to the fence on the big-dog side. When the workers left, everyone else went to the big-dog side. So we were alone again.

 Note: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A good day at the dog park

LADY AT THE DOG PARK
The dog park was full today, too full. There were a couple of dozen people and nearly the same number of dogs when we got there.

Dog-park regular Henry was leaving with his dogs, Shelly and Rocko, when we got there. I talked to Henry a few minutes while Lady commiserated with the two black dogs.

One dog kept trying to drink Lady's water after the bowl was empty. Lady got very little, if any, of the one liter of water I took to the park.

There were several people and dogs on the little-dog side when we got there, and one woman talked on and on and...

There was a sweet, old golden retriever that reminded me a lot of Major, a former denizen of the dog park who's almost certainly no longer with us. I haven't seen Major or Ed, his owner, in more than five years.

It was a lovely day. Lady didn't get run over, and no dog tried to pee on me. So it was a good day all around.

When we got home, we took a short walk in the neighborhood. Here, I fed Lady, and now she's in the cage just outside our basement.

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