Dog Park

This morning, we went for a quick walk on the bike path. We met a friendly dog there, and the two played off leash for a bit! I had to call “Come” about four times before he came bounding, but he did come!

This afternoon was a beautiful sunny day, so I decided to try the nearby doggie park. I rarely took Hershey there, because it usually is a muddy mess. Today I expected it would be frozen. We never experienced more than a dozen dogs there at one time. Apparently, I had never been there on a Sunday. There were at least thirty dogs there – 95% of them large breeds including a Great Dane. Rottweilers, German Shepherds, and the Dane came to greet Guinness as soon as we arrived. They all were friendly. Guinness was excited, submissive, and somewhat overwhelmed exposing his tummy to them in a muddy area. Guinness ran and ran with a Rottweiler and a Bernese Mountain Dog. After about thirty minutes, a new dog arrived – smaller than Guinness with fluffy hair something like a husky. They sniffed each other upon entry, then about a minute later, he attacked Guinness. That was the end of our playtime. Guinness wasn’t hurt, and the other owner expressed concern about Guinness’s well being. Daddy said we should never go to doggie park again.