Saturday, June 1, 2013

A Wendy walk.


The other day I took Wendy for a lovely walk to the off-leash section of Shubie Park.  Trey is not crazy about off-leash parks.  Other dogs want to run up and sniff his bum, and that sort of intimacy without a cup of coffee or a chat first, is outside his comfort zone.  Wendy, is a free and liberal bum-sniffer, both as the sniffee and the sniffer.


It was warm, and the leaves were unfurling in the magical lime greens of spring.


Wendy never ran too far ahead: always coming back to check in with me.

A dog had generously provided this feeder
for the squirrels he loves to chase.

Note at bottom says: "Stay dirty my friend"

We watched the ducks.


And Wendy went for a swim.


Since I had not brought a ball, Wendy took the liberty of generously finding a stick for me.  She dwells under the erroneous impression that I love throwing sticks.  


The dreaded departure sign.



Sometimes it's nice to have some one-on-one time with one of your "kids".


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16 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 1, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    Lovely walk Sybs, thanks for taking us with you. Thank you too Wendy.Lovely pictures of the ducks xxxxx V

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    1. SybilJune 1, 2013 at 1:09 PM

      The pic of the ducks is thanks to my new-to-me camera. Really happy with the close ups I'm getting.

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  2. UnknownJune 1, 2013 at 11:41 AM

    So nice to have one-on-one time with the poochies. Thanks for the walk.

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    1. SybilJune 1, 2013 at 1:09 PM

      Thanks for coming along cuz. I look forward to meeting your lil' guy in the fall.

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  3. AnonymousJune 1, 2013 at 4:15 PM

    I started laughing so hard about the bum sniffer and sniffee comments in your first paragraph--especially the part about the comfort zone that I probably didn't give the rest of your walk proper attention. You are sooooo funny!

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    1. SybilJune 2, 2013 at 9:03 AM

      and because you weren't paying proper attention, you tripped on that root in the path. Lucky I grabbed your arm before you did a "face plant".

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    2. AnonymousJune 2, 2013 at 4:34 PM

      Wild hysterical laughter! Ooops, I'm probably going to trip again.

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  4. AnonymousJune 2, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    You know, I think your opening describing the "bum sniffing comfort level" would likely apply to my dogs too - Teddy always needs to be number one dog on the totem pole so I don't know how well he'd do in such a social situation. Daphne, on the other hand, I feel would be much more comfortable with the whole idea. What a nice place to be able to take your dogs without a leash!

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    1. SybilJune 2, 2013 at 10:57 AM

      Halifax is a very enlightened city. Lots of off-leash dog parks and no B.S.L. (Breed Specific Legislation).

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  5. AnonymousJune 3, 2013 at 6:59 PM

    I'm with Trey. I don't care for all that bum sniffing. I love the shot of the ducks!

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    1. SybilJune 3, 2013 at 8:24 PM

      Come to think of it, me neither.

      I'm so pleased with my new-to-me camera. It's letting me zoom in and get shots I missed before.

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  6. Barbara RodgersJune 6, 2013 at 10:48 AM

    I love the duck photo, too! Wendy is one lucky girl to have such a lovely wooded dog park where she can spend quality time with you. But did she ever get to sniff any bums? :)

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    1. SybilJune 6, 2013 at 5:43 PM

      Rest assured, many, many bums were sniffed.

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  7. SaraJune 13, 2013 at 7:15 PM

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  8. SaraJune 13, 2013 at 7:15 PM

    love, love your duck photo!!

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    1. SybilJune 16, 2013 at 9:54 PM

      Thanks Sara. I'm tickled pink with the results I'm getting with my new camera.

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