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Dog Park Fun

Monday, February 15th, 2010 | Indigo, Litter Mates and Swissy Friends | 2 Comments

Today marked Indy’s first ever visit to an off-leash dog park. The weather was decent (20s) and we didn’t work today, so we packed up Indy and Basja, since she’s still here, and went To Katherine Legge Memorial Park to meet Indy’s sister, Vasey. It isn’t always off-leash, but has certain hours for the dogs. They get a little shorter at the end of the month (sad).

I wasn’t sure how Indy would behave – I’ll admit I was a bit concerned about her recall ability and hoped that Basja’s influence would help. I was pleasantly surprised how good she was. She actually came when we called, which was great. She got the hang of it pretty quickly, and was nice to all the dogs out there.

It’s really best if I just show you, I think

Basja kept finding balls throughout the park. We’d sometimes catch her with 2 in her mouth.

And then the rampaging started.

Then we were joined by Bentley the puppy.

His human was glad to have big dogs for him to play with.

Indy chased him for a while.

I just love Bentley’s face here.

Indy looking all pretty.

They made other friends, too.

Nom.

I’m not sure Basja needed to jump over this dog. She could have just stepped.

And then, once again, the photographer’s hands got cold.

I must mention that I was very pleased with our experience at the park. We’ve avoided them because of some not-great experiences in the past, mainly with people not watching their dogs. But everyone here was involved and careful. I think we’ll be back.

Tags: Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Indy the Swissy, Katherine Legge Memorial Park, Swissy