This morning was so quiet and easy it was almost like a day off!  The group - Kip, Frank, Everest, Rover, Riley, Ryder, Whistler and Bruin were so mellow that I was able to do my good deed for the week and clean up the park after all the weekend warriors messed it up.  Good works, happy dogs, sunny weather!  How can you beat it.

And then.....the afternoon group (surprise! surprise!) was considerably more rowdy and more difficult to manage. 

Without giving any names in the first 10 minutes: I had been jumped on seven times, barked at, one had rolled in poop, another had eaten poop, several blankets had been removed from the back of the truck and dragged around the park in a rousing game of "catch me if you can", and then there were at least two (failed) attempts at domination all to the tune of a half a dozen dogs yowling, whining and barking for attention.  Luckily, they calmed down once we got moving and the rest of the walk was peaceful. 

Even after all that I still love them all!