Adventure Pack Ruffers romped through the snow with Avo today instead of just poking along behind. The two of them tried to catch loosely-packed snowballs I threw to them. We encountered various friendly dogs along the way, who were happy to say hello. Variety Pack Rey, Zoey and Archie had a three-way wrestling match at the house before we headed out for our walk. Carl refereed and Imogene tried to crawl into my lap to escape the chaos. During the walk, Archie and Imogene bow

Adventure Pack Carl was outfitted with a coat and booties as he braved the snowy Chautauqua trails with the big dogs. Racer waded through the snow, the deeper the better, doing her best to avoid the trodden path. Griff bounded about off leash with Carl chasing after him. Carl the booties from his front paws despite how snugly I wrapped them. I was able to find one, but the other is lost in the snow. Hopefully it can be recovered from along Baseline Road as we hike there over

Adventure Pack The pack encountered another pack on the trail today. The other dogs were all Bernese Mountain Dogs. Avo ran ahead to greet the youngest of them, who was trailing behind because he wanted to say hello. Racer and I caught up to them, followed by Ruffers. Ruffers had been lingering behind to thoroughly check out smells along the edge of the trail, as she usually does. She then lingered behind to thoroughly greet all the Bernese Mountain Dogs as the rest of us con

Adventure Pack Avo and Griff had a good time running up the trail with each other. Carl watched them, excitedly anticipating his turn to be able to run around. A little later, Carl got to have his turn running through the snow with Avo. Racer was busy eating snow instead of frolicking in it. Variety Pack Rey and Griff made a lot of friends at the dog park this afternoon. At first, it was almost empty but for one dog who came over and said hello. Then, a pair of Huskies showed

Adventure Pack Avo and Rey had fun racing each other through the snow-covered fields of the Mesa Trail this morning. Meanwhile, Racer chomped at the snow banks and Griff trotted along at my side. We saw a few dogs on the way out, but Bluebell Road was pretty much empty when we returned. Variety Pack Zoey, Lou, Carl and Gidget headed to the Boulder Creek Path for their walk this afternoon. It was quiet along the creek and there was no sign of geese. Carl and Zoey wanted to sto

Variety Pack Griff, Zoey, Carl, Rey, Lou, Dylan and Ruffers headed to the Bear Creek Greenway for a big pack walk this afternoon. Carl was sporting a new jacket and boots. Lou had a fleece. The rest of the pack just had their natural coats. The pack made a few stops to sniff around in the snow, but everyone mostly stayed in formation as we kept on the move.

Adventure Pack Racer chomped on lots of fresh-fallen snow at the Chautauqua this morning. Meanwhile, Griff led the pack, frolicked through the fluffy white stuff. Dylan followed closely behind Griff and munched on a little snow here and there. It was colder and snowier than Tuesday, which meant that Carl came away much less muddy today. The snow was so fluffy and light that it didn't even clump up that much in his fur. Variety Pack Rey and Dylan headed to Wonderland Lake this

Adventure Pack The trails at the Chautauqua were much busier today. We passed quite a few other dogs out for a hike on the Mesa Trail. Dylan enjoyed rolling around in some of the snow patches. He, Avo and Ruffers all congregated at various spots along the way so they could thoroughly investigate the scents that were to be found. We didn't see any deer today, but Avo stayed on leash just in case. Variety Pack Imogene and Carl kept nibbling on snow from beside the Boulder Creek

Adventure Pack Carl, Griff, Racer and Dylan enjoyed the freshly-fallen snow at the Chautauqua this morning. Carl bounded through it; Racer munched on it; Griff and Dylan sniffed in it and left their marks. The trails were pretty empty today. We saw one pair of dogs on our way up the mountain, and Dylan barked as we passed them. Mud-stained snowballs clung to Carl's legs an underside. The rest of the pack got some muddy snow on them, but it didn't stick as much to their fur. V

Adventure Pack Avo got into trouble on the trails today. She took off after a deer that was grazing in the field by the Mesa Trail. Ruffers was off leash with her, but stayed with me. After disappearing for several minutes, I heard a bark that sounded like hers coming from a different stretch of trail. I jogged over there with Ruffers and Dylan to find Avo barking at a pair of hikers who were offering her a bit of trail mix to try to coax her over so they could check her tags