Tylenol Tuesday

OMG!  What a change from yesterday.  Beautiful at the park and the dogs and I loved every minute of it.

This morning got off to a rough start with a major traffic jam on Deerfoot - a five car crash.  It did not look to devastating so I hope everyone got out OK.  It did however, put us behind schedule by about an hour when it was all said and done. 

As we were sitting in traffic and all was quiet I could hear little five pound Marty howling in the back of the truck.  Just who he thought he could influence with his barking and whining I am not sure but you have to appreciate that he was trying. 

Original Copper is having a hard time adjusting to having Jesse in the pack.  It seems that having another intact male is cramping his notions of being the alpha dog in the pack.  Jesse is so easy going and his eyes nearly pop out of his head when Copper starts his macho stuff but once I shoo Copper away Jesse comes running with that full body wag that only a happy yellow lab can have. 

Bella, Frank, Guiness, Nicky, Ellie, Bruin and Wilbur were just so happy to out in the park and not freezing.  Ryder was happy to be out but he is too hipster to hang with the slobbery ones and hung back for most of the walk.  Which would be OK except that he blends into almost all the scenery now that the snow is melting.

The afternoon group got into a rousing game of fetch which lasted almost an hour.  And the best part was that within that hour they only lost one ball.  Ya doggies!! 

R2 is becoming so strong and fast.  For a three-legged dog he can almost keep up with the retrievers when chasing the ball.  Bo wasn't interested in the ball until I accidentally hit him in the head with it.  He was so shocked he dropped his lumber (two girthy sticks he had been packing around since the parking lot.)  Everest, Rover, Owen, Nina and Shea chased the ball until they had to lay down in the snow to cool off and rest. 

During the rest period the dogs were mingling and a white boxer entered our territory.  Rover, who is always vigilant to interlopers, did not notice this dog and the boxer wandered around introducing himself the pack.  Well, once Rover finally noticed that there was someone else in the territory he was up like a shot and took off after this dog with speed that defies his advanced years. 

On the way back to the parking lot Remy took a liking to a little white dog.  Remy, being a goofy yellow lab, is quite a bit bigger so I warned him to be nice to the little guy and not topple him over.  Just as the word came out of my mouth the little dogs teeth came out and his presence changed to a Rottweiler.  Kinda funny to watch Remy react to that.