Love the Ball.. Love the Water..
Mikita visits the “dog park” for the first time.
I was very leery of taking her to the dog park. The thought of my baby running around without her leash among dozens of other dogs. What if she ran away? What if another dog attacked her? What if she ran off into the woods? (Yes, and god forbid, what about alligators!?)
Ok – just take a look at that photo to the left. Is that not one happy dog? She started off a little timid, stopping to smell everything, looking around to make sure we were close by and staring at all the other 4-legged friends running around. But she quickly adapted and was soon romping around and splashing around in the lake like a dog-park pro.
Mike watches over her.
Mike was the instigator of getting us to even go to the park. He knew (and reassured me) how much fun she was going to have. I was so worried about her running off. But she was more nervous about us leaving her. She ran up and down the shoreline, but would stop and turn around to make sure we were still standing where she left us before she ventured on further. And she got along splendidly with all the other dogs. Ahhh.. happy dog days.
- Look at me! I’m soaking wet!
She looks so happy! I wish we had dog parks with a lake/water, I would like to take my dog to swim. Well, not in this weather in NY, but during summer.
I keep a bag of dog treats in my pocket and every time I let my dog to run free and I call him to come to me and he does I give him treats. So far it has worked pretty good. Well, not all the time, he is a beagle, so he likes to sniff and it’s sometimes difficult to make him stop sniffing
Thanks Katja. I like the dog treat idea. We are fortunate to have a great park like that nearby for our 4-legged friends. Have a great day.
Leanne