Starring Lake Dog Park

Dog park friends are goooood friends!

Hey all you pups (and Tia) out there! Tasha here. We saw dad take a people-going-away-bag out to the DUV this morning very early. I know what those bags mean. Either mom or dad are going away. We don't like it when a member of the pack has to go away. It turns out mom is going on a cruise to Key West and the Bahamas. I heard mom say its a work thing. Offer to take us with? NOOOO! Did dad get to go with? NOOOO! Oh, well, dad's here and that's enough for us. Mom took the camera with her but we have some pictures from our trip to the Starring Lake dog park on Thursday we thought you might enjoy.

When this park first opened last year A LOT of rabbits used to hang out in this building foundation. But not anymore!! I wonder why that might be???

This is another of the hills here. The park is very long but it gets narrower as it goes away from the dog gates. From this fence to the other side of this ravine is only about 50 or 60 yards. But what fun it is running up and down all the steep hills!

Eva wanted to include this picture of her drooling. She thought Wimsey might like it. What do you think of the ring of drool under her muzzle? What a slob, but that's a our European Princess for you. Belly Rubs to all,Tasha

Our Other Favorite Park

Hey puppers, Tasha here. Since Eva got to report on our other favorite dog park, its my turn to tell you about this favorite park. I think anywhere you can be off-leash and be safe is a special place. We go to this park very often when there's no snow. At this park, us dogs have generously allowed the human race to use it in the winter for cross country skiing. I know, we pups are way to generous. On this day there weren't any other pups here, but when it gets warmer, there can be A LOT of wonderful dogs to play with! One day dad said he counted 25 dogs playing in the open area! That's not counting the pups walking the trails. We can walk the ski trails or follow the fence around the park.

Here's the entrance to the park. The big gate is still open for the skiers. What they're going to ski on I have no idea. Humans. When there IS snow humans can ski down this hill from the parking lot and get right on the trail. This park is right by a lake that has woods around it with lots of ski trails. There's a paved trail all the way around the lake that we have walked parts of before. Its too big a lake for us to walk all the way around. (OK, its to much for the humans!!)

Here's two more pictures of parts of the cross country ski trail through OUR park.

See any skiers to chase, Tasha?

There is a nice little wooded valley in this park. In the picture below Eva is showing the way off the ski trail and into the little valley.

It's this way, right?

Its so fun going up and down the steep hills! Sometimes dad tries to hide from us in the trees in this valley, but it only takes Eva and I a moment to notice that he isn't there with us and we have to go back and find him. We wouldn't want him to get lost in the woods and not be able to feed us our dinner, which we so desperately need after an outing to the dog park!

High-Tailin' it down the hill!
At the far end of the valley is a spot that many of us pups love. Its sand at in the bottom of the valley! We're not big diggers (sorry to all our husky buddies!!) but we've seen some pups who really go to town down in that stuff!

Hey, Tasha, that sand looks pretty fun!

Oh, Yea, Eva, let's GO!

Was that a SQUIRREL?!?!

And here we are at the top of the hill keeping an eye on the park. Dog parks are one of the best things the humans have ever come up with. Going to the park with Eva (and dad) is my favorite thing to do! (Next to eating). Hope all you pups get out for some exercise!! Belly Rubs to All, Tasha.

A Walk (Romp) in the Park

Alright!! We're at the park!

Eva here reporting on our great day. We went to our favorite dog park! Here's a shot of us in the back of our DUV (Dog Utility Vehicle). The DUV has taken us lots of fun place, but this is the best place as you will see. The picture below is of our good friend Maggie. She has come to stay at our house a few times and she is really fun to play with. Look how much fun she is having already and we had just gotten inside the gate!!

Maggie-Moo

Here we are getting ready to go for a lap around the park. That's Maggie's dad on the far left of the picture. What on earth do you suppose he's doing? I think its another one of those strange fascinations that humans have with our poo. Humans, go figure.

This picture shows what a nice fence they put in to keep all us puppers safe. At this park they have a separate area for smaller dogs so they don't have to mingle with the bigger dogs. That would be good for Tadpole, Billy Boo, and Bella! Do you guys ever get to a dog park?
Here's Tasha appreciating the wide open spaces. The fence of the park is on the other side of those trees waaaaayyyyy back there.

No leash--How great is this!!!!

From the top of the hill at the park we have a nice view of a lake. You husky pups will be glad to know that despite the warm weather recently, the lake still has a layer of ice! And of course one of the best things about going to the park is all the wonderful aromas!!

OOOHHH THAT SMELL!!

And there was a big added bonus on this particular day. A HUGE mud puddle. In the picture below we had just finished running and dunking into the water. Can you see the smiles on our faces? Happy Happy Joy Joy! If you click on the picture to enlarge you'll get a better look at the smiles.

Oh, Dad, thank you for taking us here!

And then what did Tasha find? Her favorite thing of all, SNOW!! She just rolled and rolled and rolled. As you can see from our last post, our yard is bare now so Tasha was one happy girl!

Rolling in Happiness

When we were leaving the park we met this Handsome Husky. We didn't find out his name but he looks a lot like Dave from the AO4, don't you think? He doesn't have Dave's cute freckles, though.
Happy to see ya! How ya doin'?

It was a good thing Dad had a big towel in the back of the DUV. We were a couple of wet, dirty dogs! How wonderful!! Dad says there's nothing like the smell of wet dog in his (our) truck (DUV). Thanks, Dad, another job well done by the pups!! We got home and were really ready for a good long nap.Well that was our day. We hope everypup gets out with their humans as much as possible. Belly Rubs to All! Eva