Adventure Pack Dylan, Griff and Racer had a good time at Shanahan Ridge today. At one point, Dylan outraced Griff on a sprint down the trail as I navigated an icy stretch with Racer beside me. A little later, something in the distance caught Griff's attention and he wandered off through a field beside the trail with his nose in the air. He stood at a distance for a good, long while before responding to my calling and running back over to the rest of us. Dylan and Racer showed

Adventure Pack Rey and Lou joined Avo and Ruffers for the hike at Shanahan Ridge. Rey and Avo had a lot of fun racing each other up and down the trails. Lou perked up watching her packmates and pounced when they passed close by the rest of us. Ruffers was just hiking along beside me and not that interested in the antics of the others. At one point, Avo roamed off the trail and didn't listen when I called her back. When we caught up to her, we saw that she had found a deer car

Variety Pack Dylan, Rey, Lou, Carl and Ruffers headed to CU South for a light hike on the snowy trail this afternoon. The frigid temperatures of the past couple days returned to more typical winter weather today. The dogs were happy to get out of the house and enjoy some fresh air. There were some other dogs out at CU South as well, and Carl and Rey got a bit worked up whenever we went by them. Dylan, Ruffers and Lou took the encounters in stride. Nobody really reacted to the

Adventure Pack Racer and Griff stopped to say hello to the 19-year-old dog the pack helped find a few weeks ago, who had again wandered pretty far from her family. We hung out with her for a couple minutes until her people caught up to her. They had several other dogs with them, who all made friendly greetings with Griff and Racer. Variety Pack There were a lot of Retrievers (Lab and Golden), Doodles, and mutts at the park today. Petie, Zoey and Carl all mingled with the othe

Adventure Pack There were some windy gusts now and then during our hike at Shanahan Ridge, but it wasn't too bad at ground level. Dylan, Avo and Milo all enjoyed greeting a big Goldendoodle. He was a bit taller, darker, and hairier than Milo. Dylan lingered behind for a minute after the rest of us moved on up the trail, and then caught up to us. Avo unfortunately discovered some scat tucked away in a copse of bare deciduous shrubs where it impossible to get at her. I eventual

Variety Pack Archie was pretty wild this afternoon, and jumped around a lot to try to get to each dog we saw on the trail at CU South. Rey was less animated, but also pulled beside Archie to try to go up to each dog who passed by. When they weren't focused on other dogs, Archie was licking Rey's ears. Milo got a bit worked up about passing dogs a couple times, too. Lou, Ruffers and Dylan all stayed chill. One off-leash German Shepherd was unfazed by the pups' jumping and bark

Adventure Pack Griff and Racer had two new pack members join them on the hike today - Tucker and Button! Tucker is a lively Bernese Mountain Dog and Button is a big, sweet Newfoundland. During the hike, Tucker mostly followed in place behind Racer while Racer tromped through the snowy bank beside the beaten trail. Button followed right behind me. Despite her size, she was very easy to manage as she took direction super well. Tucker also listened well whenever I addressed him,

Adventure Pack The pack had a fun time on the snowy trails at Shanahan Ridge this morning. I thought Dylan would roll around in the snow but I guess it was too fresh for his liking. Instead, he led Avo on a couple sprints through it. Avo had already been bounding through the snow on her own, and was happy to give pursuit to Dylan when he initiated. Meanwhile, Milo tromped at my side through the snow. Variety Pack Milo was eager to go out again with Imogene and Rey this aftern

Adventure Pack Avo found what looked to be a deer leg and started rolling around on top of it. When I got closer, I was relieved to see it was just a large stick. Later, she rolled in what looked like a patch of mud; on closer inspection it was a pile of horse manure. You win some, you lose some. Griff, Racer and Milo all stayed out of trouble on the trails at Shanahan Ridge. Griff ran alongside Avo a bit, but didn't keep up with all of her antics. Racer and Milo enjoyed them

Adventure Pack Dylan went for a roll on an icy hillside and slid down to the trail, wiggling on his back all the way. Meanwhile, Avo was doing sprints all over the place. Dylan found a couple other patches that were more snow and less ice, and he enjoyed rolling around there too. We took the same route as last Friday afternoon and I kept my eyes peeled for some tags that Ruffers lost, but no luck. The dogs were all happy to greet a small Australian Shepherd along the Meadow T