Going to the Dogs . . .

Hi everybody! Another sunny day, another long walk!

Today, my master looked at me and said something about going to see other dogs, so I thought I was going on a play date. But after a long drive, we turned up a road with this sign:



It turns out this was another forest. I was a little bit disappointed that their weren't any other doggies there, but I always love a long walk with my master. So after he gave me a quick drink of water, we were ready to go.

This trail started nice and wide, but then got smaller and smaller as we went along. Pretty soon I was leading him down a very small trail. Even though there were big rocks sitting alone, and clumps of big rocks, all over the place, my master made me sit down in front of a particular rock and put that little silver box against his face. I don't know why he picked one rock over the other, but here is a picture of me in front of one of those rocks:



We went up and down several trails, but I'm really not sure my master knew what he was doing. Every time we got a good pace going, he would stop and make me sit, pull a piece of paper out if his pocket and look at it, then look around. I don't know what his problem was, I could tell where we were just by smelling the road. Maybe he should let me lead instead of tugging at me all the time!

Finally, we got back to our truck. My master put me on the bed of the truck to give me some water, but all I wanted to do was jump up and lay on the soft seats next to my master.



It was another great doggie day!

Bye for now!

A Day by the Lake

Lake Gardner, Amesbury, MA


Holy cow! What a walk this turned out to be! I hopped in the truck with my master and we went for a ride down some winding roads. Then we turned into what I thought was parking lot, but it turned out there was a lake on the other side. I was ready to go and say hi to all the people along the beach, but my master once again kept a firm grip on my leash.

After a few minutes of looking at the water, we started walking along a trail on the side of the lake. it was a dirt path that went into the forest. It was very cool in there, and there were lots of critters to chase after, but i really didn't see any other people around. Where was everybody on such a nice day?

After about 30 minutes we turned down a small trail that went right to the water. My master took his shoes off and went in, up to his ankles, but I was a bit afraid. The water was muddy and I did not want to get my paws all dirty. Can I help it if I'm a clean dog?

When we finished by the water we returned to the main trail. I was ready to head back in the direction we came from, but my master went the other way! What was he thinking? He must have read my mind though, because after just a few feet of trail, he turned around and we both headed back to the truck.

It was a long trip home, because we ended up driving along side another lake. I thought we were going to stop and walk again, but thankfully we didn't. When we got home, I took a long nap on the floor in front of the couch. My female master was a bit concerned that their might be something wrong with me, but I was fine. I heard them talking about this place, so maybe I'm coming back here again soon.

Bye for now!