Another fun day for Fun for Dogs.  It was a busy day and a somewhat cold day but everyone had a good time.

All the dogs were still giddy and excited by the snow and the most unlikely combinations of dogs could be found frolicking together.  Bella, who usually chases Everest and tries to throw him off his ball fetching, was actually playing with him.  The two of them were out in the middle of the field pushing their noses through the snow and bumping into each other.  It was so cute and unexpected that both Jennifer and I stopped to watch the interaction.  Of course when they saw us looking at them they stopped.  Bella was also wrestling with Ellie.  Bella and Ellie act as each others wing-woman when they are coordinating an attack on either Wilbur or Marty or both.  Wilbur was not with the morning group so Marty did not have a wing-man but as it turns out  he did not need one.  The girls mostly left him alone and he was free to tease Ryder.  Ryder does not cotton to the young ones bothering him.  He already felt nerdy because I dressed him in booties and a jacket.  Secretly he likes wearing his duds but outwardly he has to deny it to the other dogs. 

Original Copper and Oakley have settled into their truce and can be seen walking together in peace.  Peace is the most important thing and they are handling themselves very well.  Crazy Copper was a hyper hound again to day and bayed about every minute.  When he bays he uses his whole body and gets up on his hind legs and lets loose a howl that can be heard across the park.  Ziggy ignored his pack in favour of hanging out with Jennifer.  He LOVES Jennifer.

The afternoon group was happy to get to the park after many delays.  The icy side streets, traffic and Wilbur locking me out of the truck caused many slow downs in an already busy day. Luckily I pay lots of money to OnStar and the doors were unlocked quite quickly via satellite. 

We met up with Wilson and his gramma and they walked with us.  The dogs wanted to play ball but there were several in the group that were too hyper for us to do that so we just walked and sniffed and played.  Bo found all sorts of things to pack around and in the end settled for an enormous chunk of wood he found down by the river.  It looked like a beaver had chewed it and I was surprised that he could actually carry it.  All the water dogs like Owen, Bo, Nina, Shea, Wilbur, Sam and Olive enjoyed standing in the river.  They were all encouraging me to throw a ball for them but I did not think that was a good idea as their coats would have taken forever to dry.

Grannie Annie was very strong today.  She looked cute in her little red jacket and was able to keep up with the gang for quite a while.  She got to rest when we were at the river and then she was ready to walk back to the truck (she only gets about half a walk because of her arthritis.)  Cheetos, as usual, was not shy in hiding his disgust at being at the park.