We had a great time at the dog park, but, I was too busy to get pictures. Sorry. Watching Alley, Benjamin and my friend’s dog, Molly, all interact, plus the other dog park visitors today kept me jumping.
Alley was in rare form today, friendly towards other dogs and running around like she was happy beyond belief. Ben immediately joined forces with a big Shepard mix named Whisper and ran around and around and around. He sure is something when he’s running. It’s like you expect the ground to shake.
No one really wanted to swim today however. It was a bit cool, 50 degrees, and very windy. Al was not swimming well when she tried. I have no idea why, maybe the waves were hitting her in the face. They did however all want to at least get into the water, splashing and getting just wet enough that they needed to dry out again.
Ben was extremely kind to every person and dog he met. He was most scared of a Cocker Spaniel mix we met that was a fifth of his size. he’d turn tail and run whenever she wandered over to say “Hi”. It was laughable. Ben also leaned on everyone he met that would rub his big noggin.
He also is such a “protector”! This morning he and Alley showed that they were getting along better and better. This afternoon Ben showed how far they’d come as companions.
Alley was watching two men play football. One of the men bent to pet her, but she does not let strangers touch her, and she scooted away. She often looks like she is “playing” and so the guy was gearing her up more. Ben watched for a second and then decided he didn’t like how that guy was behaving so he started barking at the man. Once Al returned to me, Ben stopped and we went on our way. It was the only time Ben was not a perfect gentleman all day and as far as I was concerned, he was a gentleman then, protecting his new friend.
He is an amazing dog!
We’ve been all sleeping since our return from the park… whew….
