Adventure Pack With cooler weather and the poor air quality advisory no longer in effect, Sputnik, Dylan, and Roger Roger headed back up the mountain at Settler's Park today. Dylan and Roger Roger hopped into the ditch stream next to a flock of ducks and sent them flying. When the ducks landed a little further upstream, Dylan and Roger Roger pursued. Dylan again waited at the same intersection when the rest of us followed the trail that went back up part of the mountain,

Adventure Pack Avo joined Griff, Racer, and Sputnik for the Adventure Pack outing today. We took a very measured pace along the Boulder Creek Path, to focus on good on-leash manners. Griff provided a very good example for his packmates as he stayed in position and maintained a calm demeanor throughout. Racer and Sputnik handled themselves pretty well, but needed occasional checks to keep them from pulling ahead or veering off after smells. Avo required a little more atte

Adventure Pack Dylan only got his paws wet on our first stop at the creek, while Ruffers and Sputnik got into the belly-deep water. When we made another pit-stop by the creek a little later, Dylan was the first in. We stuck to the Boulder Creek Path again today, since the smoke from the wildfires has made the air quality not great for a more vigorous mountain hike. Hopefully the rain and cooler weather that we are due for will help, both with the fires and with the downwin

Adventure Pack Racer likes to dip her entire head underwater when she splashes around in the creek, and it is very amusing to watch. Sputnik and Griff were more reserved in their enjoyment of the water, but they had a good time wading around as well. The cloud cover made for a pretty comfortable walk along the Boulder Creek Path today. Variety Pack Rey, Mamacita, Zoey, and Avo pulled over to sniff a lot of tree trunks during our walk, this afternoon. We found another deep

Adventure Pack The pack stuck to a less-strenuous walk along the Boulder Creek Path in today's heat and smokey air. Riley gave Ruffers some kisses on the forehead when Ruffers joined her and Sputnik in the packmobile before our walk. The walk itself was nice. We came by some other dogs here and there. Riley and Sputnik both tensed up a little, a couple times, but didn't have any outbursts at the passing dogs. Variety Pack We found a relatively deep patch of water in the c

Adventure Pack Sputnik, Dylan, and Roger Roger all made the most of our stops at the ditches as we hiked the Red Rocks Trails today. Dylan led the way up the mountain most of the time, with Roger Roger following right behind him. However, when we turned to ascend a trail after just coming partway back down the mountain, Dylan hung back. He stood down at the fork, looking up at the rest of us, to indicate that we had apparently forgotten the way back. Roger Roger had torn

Adventure Pack Gidget took the dive off the bank of the ditch today to join her packmates in the deeper-running stream there. Racer did her usual dance of splashing and chomping at the water, while Sputnik and Griff waded around calmly. Variety Pack Heavy cloud cover helped make the afternoon feel a bit cooler. It looked like it was going to rain on us, but it held off. Mamacita had one brief wiggle in the grass early on, while Avo and Riley were sniffing through the tall

Adventure Pack Dylan and Ruffers lagged behind on our way up the mountain, taking their time to sniff around. After we made it to the top of the trail, Dylan led the descent while Ruffers remained in the rear. Griff and Sputnik stayed on leash with me for the duration. We only saw a few other hikers along the way, including one human and canine duo who were a little ahead of us, along the same route, for much of the time. Variety Pack Poppy was in a goofy mood today, and r

Adventure Pack Gidget joined for the mountain hike this morning, and did a great job keeping up with the big dogs. Racer is recovering from a tail injury, as Avo was last week; but she seemed to be coping with it alright, and she was still very eager to wade around in the elbow-deep water of the ditch streams we passed. Griff and Sputnik were also happy to splash around a bit. Gidget only poked around at the edge of the water, since the bank had a steeper drop-off than the

Adventure Pack Ruffers and Griff were enjoying roaming the mountain trails off-leash together, until Griff ran down the mountainside - ignoring my calls - and then started to eat something beside a tree. Riley and Sputnik followed with me as I ran toward Griff to get his attention and shoo him off whatever he had found, and then Griff spent the remainder of the hike on leash. Ruffers stayed near the trail and didn't eat any who-knows-what, so she got to finish out the hike