But boy did I make it up for it today. We didn't work our minds but we destroyed our bodies by taking two, not one, big hikes.
First we went on a two hour hike by the conservation area and I shouldn't say that we didn't work our minds exactly as the number of people presented me with quite a few training opportunities. I had the dogs sit and stay until I released them whenever people on bikes, rollerblades, or joggers went by. We also worked on recall like we always do and Lola actually had to go on leash for a little bit because she lollygaggied (get it?) her way back to me. She didn't like that horrible punishment and returned quickly when called for the rest of the day.
But for the most part they ran and ran and ran...
Later, I took the dogs to play with their friends, Ripley and Abby and Owen, the terriers. Before they had even had a chance to fully nap from the morning's activities, they found themselves on a 3 KM excursion in Darlington Park. It was so much fun that we are going to do that as much as possible for the rest of the summer.
At first I worried that JC might have a problem with Ripley as both boys are intact. A few hackles went up, tails were raised, growls were heard, but they are both too easy going and the thought of running and playing was more overpowering to them than having to settle their differences with a real fight. So like a couple of teenage boys on a football field they acted like real jocks the rest of the walk, being so competitive with their running bursts of speed and daring each other to go down embankments, that we had to laugh at their true border collie nature. As usual, Lola hung back from the dog pack insanity and did her own thing enjoying the day in her own nerdy way.
Shona took lots of pictures ...
the pack (minus Lola)
the boys
the borders
As I sit here typing, both dogs are P A S S E D O U T and I couldn't feel less guilty about it.
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