Adventure Pack Racer, Rey, Griff, and Arlo headed to Shanahan Ridge for the day's hike. The trails weren't very busy despite the beautiful weather. There was the usual lingering at the trail head when we first set out, as the pack got up to date on all the neighborhood news. After that, we kept up a steady pace with few interruptions today. Variety Pack Teo joined Tozai, Lou, Alfie, Carl, and Dylan on our walk at Goose Creek Greenway this afternoon. Even though the prairie do

Adventure Pack Lucy and Bear were pretty mellow during their off-leash time together. Meanwhile, Tozai was watching them like a hawk, ready to try to dive in at the slightest sign of rambunctiousness. He got his turn off leash with Ruffers after that, and entertained himself with sticks he found while Ruffers took her time sniffing points of interest, and Bear and Lucy hiked along at my sides. Tozai tried to stir things up with them a few times, and listened well when I instr

Adventure Pack Imogene and Arlo found a variety of sticks to chew up into pieces at Shanahan Ridge today. There was one stick in particular that Arlo found and was so please with that he had to lie down to get to work on it. Imogene immediately started pouncing all over and around him, expressing her envy over his apparently very impressive find. Meanwhile, Racer was following her nose beside the trail and needed to be dissuaded from snacking on some unsavory discoveries (poo

Adventure Pack Ruffers and Bear were drawn to the last dwindling patches of snow as we hiked at Shanahan Ridge today. Ruffers liked munching on it, while Bear preferred to lie in it. Tozai and Rey had fun chasing and wrestling each other. After a while, Rey came back to the pack and Tozai got some more practice with self-control, by leaving Rey be when she wanted a break. Variety Pack Carl, Alfie, Lou, and Dylan found a lot of interesting spots to sniff along Bear Creek Green

Adventure Pack Yoshi was excited to be back out on a pack hike after a long hiatus due to a paw injury followed by last Friday's frigid temperature. His enthusiasm came out in the form of pulling ahead pretty constantly, with his mouth hanging slightly open in a smile as he went. The slightly warmer and much sunnier weather brought out the hikers, both human and canine, and Shanahan Ridge was pretty busy. I let Tozai and Yoshi off leash together when we hit an empty stretch o

Adventure Pack Griff, Rey, Arlo, and Racer were all very interested in the dwindling snowbank in front of the wood branch wall that has been put up to block off an old shortcut through part of Shanahan Ridge. They spent a good, long while checking it out. Arlo found a random stick from the trail a short while later and flaunted it proudly. Rey gave it a quick sniff but didn't attempt to take it. Griff and Racer weren't impressed with Arlo's find, or played it very cool if the

Adventure Pack Tozai, Bear, Nelly, and Ruffers enjoyed the trails at Shanahan Ridge today. Nelly and Tozai whimpered and pulled a bit when we passed a dog who was sitting on a boulder beside the trail. After that, Tozai and Bear got some wrestling in while Nelly hopped around, shadowboxing in place on leash as the boys tackled each other a short distance ahead. Ruffers took her time sniffing points of interest and munched on some snow. Variety Pack Alfie, Milo, Dylan, Griff,

Adventure Pack Racer, Imogene, Griff, and Arlo headed to Shanahan Ridge for their hike today. The trail had some muddy patches, but the vast majority of it was pretty dry. Patches of snow dotted the fields and the edges of the trail. Arlo has been the biggest snow muncher of the pack lately, but it was Racer who was going for it today while Arlo took a break from gorging on the fluffy white stuff. Imogene was more interested on chewing a stick she found. Arlo and Griff kept b

Adventure Pack Tozai and Rey played a bit off leash at Shanahan Ridge today. Rey seemed like she wanted to run, but Tozai kept engaging her in wrestling matches. Rey eventually gave up and started walking close to the rest of the pack to send Tozai the message that she didn't want more wrestling, and Tozai is learning to respect the space more than he used to. Bear went over the hill to briefly check out the little pond again today. He just dipped down for a moment and then c

Adventure Pack Racer, Arlo, Griff, and Rey headed to Shanahan Ridge today. There are a lot of piles of horse manure at Shanahan Ridge lately, and the dogs thankfully haven't been overly interested in them. Griff started holding his front right paw up and limping at one point. I checked his paw and didn't see anything at first. He took a few normal steps but then started holding it up again. Upon closer inspection, I discovered a tiny sliver of a needle in his pad and removed