Adventure Pack Tozai bounced around Bear as we headed up the mountain at Chautauqua today, while Lucy watched them from my side. The packs' coats gradually became soaked from the misty air, as we continued to hike the lonesome, muddy landscape. Lucy and Bear wandered through the brush together later on, while Tozai kept me company on the trail. The towels in the packmobile were put to work upon our return. Variety Pack Alfie, Racer, Griff, Carl, and Arlo strolled Bear Creek G

Adventure Pack Arlo, Imogene, Griff, and Racer headed to Chautauqua for their hike with overcast skies and a light mist in the air. Imogene was proud of a stick she found along the way, and danced around with it for a while. This display inspired Arlo to seek out a stick of his own, and then Imogene went crazy jumping all around him with excitement over his find. Griff and Racer did not involve themselves in the shenanigans. On the way down the mountain, Racer happily got a p

Adventure Pack Tozai, Lou, Yoshi, and Lucy had a good time at Chautauqua today. Lou brought up the rear, as usual, as we ascended the mountain. Yoshi led the way off trail while Lucy followed him. Lucy didn't do any hopping or pouncing this time out - she just explored beside Yoshi. A friendly hiker asked to say hello to the pack, and Tozai eagerly went over for attention. The rest of the dogs stood in place and made the hiker come to them. Variety Pack The prairie dogs were

Adventure Pack Griff, Rey, Racer, and Arlo enjoyed hiking Chautauqua today. Rey and Griff followed close behind me, Racer, and Arlo when they had some time off leash. They took their time and were both a bit stiff in their movements, with Rey having a noticeable limp. Everyone was happy about the water breaks we took. Variety Pack Although Carl still spent his park time playing fetch, he took more breaks than usual to lie in the shade today. Meanwhile, Tozai was making friend

Adventure Pack Bear stopped in the shade along Baseline Trail and lay down for a bit while Lucy and Tozai surveyed the landscape and sniffed around, respectively. Once we were up the mountain on Bluebell-Baird Trail, Lucy took off into the adjacent field in a manner that would make you think she was raised by a herd of deer. The amount of air she got in her four-legged, springy, forward hops would have impressed her sister, Nelly. Tozai watched Lucy from the edge of the trail

Adventure Pack Arlo, Imogene, Racer, and Griff hiked Chautauqua today. Imogene hung back and wandered up the mountainside at one point, and kept sniffing back and forth along the ground while ignoring my calls to catch up to the pack. We went over to get her, and the rest of the pack put their noses to the ground and also didn't want to move on from whatever scent had caught all their interests. We eventually got going again. Everyone was very thirsty when we got back to the

Adventure Pack Carl and Tozai roamed Chautauqua together at the start of today's hike. Carl required a rinse after Tozai carelessly lifted his leg to mark the same tuft of grass. Bear lingered far behind when he was off leash with Rey later on. When he finally caught up to the pack, Rey did a happy wiggle as she ran up to welcome him back to the group. He kept up alongside Rey for the remainder of the hike. Variety Pack Teo joined Alfie and Lou for a stroll at Martin Park and

Adventure Pack Nelly, Yoshi, Tozai, and Lou headed to Chautauqua for their hike today. We followed the same routine as on pack outings earlier this week, of long sniff breaks on Baseline Trail while leashes got tangled. Yoshi and Tozai got some wrestling in when they went off leash together on an empty stretch of trail. Neither Nelly nor Lou made any moves to get involved in the roughhousing. We stopped for a brief visit with our OSMP volunteer friends at the trail head at th

Adventure Pack Racer, Rey, Arlo, and Griff took their time moseying along Baseline Trail and checking out all the scents along the way. Leashes got tangled as each of them had their own idea of the best order and angle of approach for the variety of points of interest at every stop. When the pack wasn't sniffing around together, Arlo kept stopping in shaded spots, even though it wasn't particularly hot out today. Rey and Griff roamed the Chautauqua meadow on opposite sides of

Adventure Pack The pack didn't linger as much along Baseline Trail today; we only made a few stops. Once we were up the mountain, Lucy started stalking field mice in the brush beside the trail while Tozai and Bear stuck closer to me. The pack was entranced by some deer we saw on our way down Bluebell Road. Lucy and Tozai were especially fixated and didn't want to keep walking past them. We also saw the cattle a little further down the way. The dogs were interested in them as