This morning did not look like it would shape up to be a good day for dogs but it did. I did not think that the little ones could handle the cold and their "parents" agreed so they stayed home. I waited until the late morning to start picking up the bigger dogs. Both groups went together to Southland. Luckily with a group that big that the park was virtually empty. We did not talk to anyone until we were there for an hour. The entire north end of the field was ours and we took full advantage. The dogs were like little children given a snow day from school. They ran around in circles, shoved their noses in it and had grins from ear to ear. Nicky and Guiness had their cousin Res (who is visiting) join the group. She fit right in and she and Guiness lead the pack. Both were extremely obedient and returned when I called them. Penny B. seemed to enjoy Guiness and Res and spent most of her time at the front of the pack with them. Miles and Rover decided that Everest needed to be tuned up big boy style and kept chasing him down and barking at him. Everest did not seem to affected by the "attention" because as soon as he could get away he would zoom off and they would take off after him and do it again. Georgie was so excited by the snow he was running around in circles. Penny S, Vinny L and Clover were a little more mature and were happy to just trot around and occasionally stuff their noses in the snow.
There were a lot of noisy geese flying by Southland this afternoon. The dogs noticed and would stop and look up at them. They were also facinated by the noise the graters made on the on-ramps. Funny the things that they notice.
When the walk was over all the dogs were happy to load up and take advantage of the body heat to warm themselves and melt the snow from their feet.
I could not have asked for better behaved dogs.
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