Leaping, Licking and Laughing

I would like to start out today by sharing photos of Dingo (who is now at a foster home...and looking very comfortable, in that silly Dingo sorta way)! Also, a photo of Sassy (the pretty faced pitty mix that I walked on Tuesday) and Daisy Duke, the lovely black lab lady with the white markings that I 'd met last week.

Dingo (left) with his new bud!

....AND

Sassy, who is very, very sweet...can you tell?

                AND.......Daisy Duke......................................

Daisy Duke with lovely white summer slippers!

Now, for the walking news of the day. All the dogs were repeats as there were plenty of walkers and I focused on the Blue dot dogs today. I walked Yogi first and he is the ultimate little squirmy guy. He really contorts and is awkward and falls down...but that's Yogi! He is smiling and having a good time...so what to do?? He found a great smell (evidently...) and rolled in it...it was on gravel, so I am not sure what the attraction was, but he knew! (smiles)

Yogi is such a funny fellow!

Junior, the chocolate lab senior citizen is next. There are no issues with Junior...except he really really wishes that I would follow him off trail into the brush to discern the wonderful SMELLS that are off the trail (looks at me like SSSSCCESSSHHHH lady come on!)!!

Junior (wishing I had more adventure)!

AHHHH....lucky me Cinnamon needed her walk next! As always, we had a great time. She actually enjoyed herself so much today that she dropped her soft toy (aka her 'puppy'). I took her to the play yard as we haven't had that opportunity in quite some time. She had so much fun. She showed me how she could run through and back the cloth tunnel chased tennis balls and always came back to me to rest.

The one the ONLY Cinnamon!!

I will now move on to the last and "easiest" walk of the day....Bridgette......(clears throat). She is a heart worm survivor and still on meds, so ole' Bridgette should be going for nice easy 5 minute walks. She started out feisty, but normal, then something came over her when we got to the back...it's always at the far point from the kennels. She got super excited and jumpy and grinned and looked at me and grabbed the leash right by my hand. She was giving it the shakey shake...OH NO!!!! Bridgette, she wasn't letting go either. Usually you want to step on the leash when they are jumping to calm them down but there was no leash to step on....and she was just challenging me in a very playful way to play tugga war...which is obviously (to humans) a HUGE No~NO! We were taking a step trying to correct trying to bribe, trying to command our way back to the kennel...after two full minutes...snapped out of it like nothing happened and we went back to the kennel and had our normal finishing snuggle.  It was strange, but we made it back OK. I talked to one of the staff members and we think that she is gaining all her strength back and needs more exercise! What a Fireball she was today!

Bridgette asking..."Who ME"????

That's all for today folks! Tune in for more "As The Tail Wags"