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Monday 21st
We have 3 walks today.
Our first walk included Jaida, Tea Cup, Oscar, Riley and Casey. With this fun group we headed to Sherwood Park to let them get down and dirty!
We broke the group up into Boys v.s. Girls as that is the only possible way to walk. Just like any public school playground... the boys are always picking on the girls and we can’t get anywhere ;-)
It was a perfect day at Sherwood, still really warm even though Fall is rapidly approaching. It looked like rain but we got lucky and nothing came while we were out.
The kids had a great time in the woods! Casey was on leash arrest since she has been a total pain in the bum the last few times we’ve been there. I didn’t need her getting covered in burrs and coming back exhausted and dirty when she could be spending time with the rest of the pack.
Tea Cup was on fire! She was running around and both Riley and Oscar were chasing her around the paths. The three of them hardly stopped.
Jaida got a break from Riley’s constant nagging and enjoyed sniffing along as she went. She also joined into the fun from time to time but realized she was having more fun as an observer.
Oscar had a great time but was soooo tired by the time we got to the last part of the trails. He kept flopping down into his frog position with a big smile on his face. I ended up picking him up and carrying him for the last little bit so he didn’t get too exhausted.
Riley, well Riley was his usual bundle of energy! That kid can go for miles and hours and still have energy to spare. He loves his new friends and is always a source of comedy. He is definitely the instigator and Tea Cup had a great time trying to keep her tail out of the jaws of death (Riley’s mouth).
When we were done the kids were all good and warn out. We dropped off Jaida and Tea Cup then Oscar and Riley came back home with us to spend the day.
My apartment was the stage for WrestleMaina 2009! Oscar and Riley proceeded to wrestle for hours until they finally fell asleep. Casey was glad for the break so she could take a nap without being harassed.
Next Oscar, Casey and I headed out to walk Diva while Riley and Henry waited to take Riley home.
It was starting to spit at this point but we still puttered around, headed to Pet Cuisine then worked our way back to Diva’s house. When we were done I was going to walk Oscar home but him and Casey needed a break so Henry picked them up and dropped off Oscar on the way to take Riley home.
My last walk of the day was with Bogart. Unfortunately it was pretty much raining at this point and Bogie is not unlike the wicked witch of the west who melts when he gets wet so he did NOT want to go outside... let alone got for a walk.
We ended up doing a 15 min pee break rather than a full walk which he was VERY happy about. I was happy too since it was soggy and cold at that point.
Talk to everyone tomorrow.
Tuesday 22nd
Wow what a busy day today! And a super super SUPER humid day! Yes today is the first day of Fall so it was 30+ with the humidity ;-)
We started out by picking up one of the cats at the kids house to take to the groomers. Casper needed her lion hair cut.
Once we dropped her off and then we picked up Riley for another day of daycare. His family is moving so we have been doing a lot of hard core bonding with him so they can focus on packing, moving and un-packing.
Today we have3 walks
The first walk was a fun and exciting walk! We had our old friend Pepper who is now going to be a regular pack member, Belle, Jaida, Riley and Casey. We headed down to the Brickworks to get a walk and some fun in the off leash park.
We decided to split up Riley from the little girls (again) so I took Belle and Riley and Henry had everyone else. We started walking along but Belle was not being a very helpful walker. She was so excited to be with the group and to have Pepper there plus to be at the Brickworks that she was in excitement overload.
After a short time I realized that this was not going to work so Riley went to join the others while Belle and I headed for the off leash area to get our exercise.
Henry had a great walk with the rest of the group; they all walked really well together and had fun catching bugs and checking everything out.
Belle and I did a number of loops of the off leash park while she checked things out and got comfortable, it was her first time in this part of the park. When the rest of the group arrived they joined in and we made our way around the paths visiting with everyone as they came by.
Jaida was gone, as usual, visiting with other packs and doing her own thing. We didn’t see her until we were getting ready to go and had to go on the hunt to find which pack she had inserted herself into.
Belle stuck by me only venturing off following Casey and Riley a few times, she wasn’t sure if she wanted to go where they were going.
Pepper walked along visiting with the other dogs and dog walkers, she had a great time checking everything out and keeping her eye on the other pack members. She was very pooped so she ended up heading back to the car with Henry while we completed our last lap.
Riley and Casey went off roading through the sticks and the mud and the dirt... that is what they do. They always have a great time at this park. He did lots of visiting as we went along and was his usual social butterfly self.
We started dropping everyone off and also picked up the newly naked Casper to drop her off... then we had a bit of a break.
Riley and Casey took a nap while we were waiting for the next set of outings.
After dropping Riley off for the day we headed back and picked up Bobby and our friend Prince for a dinnertime outing. We headed to Sunnybrook to do some fetching and running around.
I can NOT find my ball flinger so I had to play sloppy ball toss which is oh so gross! The problem is there were a few other dogs in the park and they kept stealing our ball ;-(
Prince was the king of tug-o-war! I held the knot and he dragged along behind snorting like a piggy. Man he is heavy! We did this for a while before he got too tired.... also the other dogs kept swiping out knot as well.... little buggers.
We decided to go for a stroll down the paths behind the park. Prince and Casey jumped right into the creek as it was so super humid and the cool water felt wonderful. Even Bobby wadded into the water at one point and we ended up playing there for half of our outing.
We packed everyone up and dropped everyone off then Casey I had one more visit with Diva for her bedtime pee break.
It was a good day, it was a super humid day, it was a long day! Talk to you tomorrow.
Wednesday 23rd
Today we had 2 walks.
The first walk included Tea Cup, Riley and Casey. Since we were picking up Riley from his new house, we stayed downtown and went the Harbord park.
It’s a nice wide open park for running and chasing. As soon as we got there Tea Cup and Riley were off running and chasing each other. Casey went off by herself exploring. T and Riley ran in giant circles and made themselves good and dizzy.
We worked our way down to the far end of the park where the dogs generally hang out, the dogs that were there were too big and were playing with each other. Instead we walked around the park by ourselves and were soon joined by a couple puppies and some smaller dogs that we could visit and play with.
Tea Cup was brave, she steered away from the bigger dogs and finally said hello to a couple smaller quiet dogs before we left.
Riley tried to play with some of the dogs but spent most of his time with Tea Cup and Riley.
It was a great afternoon; the kids covered a lot of ground.
Riley stayed with us for the afternoon again today so we had a great nap then set off on our next walk.
Henry and I picked up Diva and Jaida and the group of us walked around the neighbourhood. We had a good time, we stopped at Pet Cuisine (of course) then worked our way around the block sniffing and playing along the way.
It had started out raining when we began walking then turned into a lovely evening.
Once we dropped off Diva, Henry took Riley home and Jaida, Casey and I hung out at the park with our friends.
It was a nice relaxing day with crazy yo-yo weather! Gotta love fall ;-)
Talk to you tomorrow.
Thursday 24th
We had 3 walks today.
Our first walk of the day was a BIG one! It included Jaida, Riley, Oscar, Prince, Missy, Biggie, Sushi and Casey! We had a blast!
We decided to check out Riverdale Park at the foot of Carlton Street @ the DVP. I was pleasantly surprised. When you drive by on Bayview it just looks like a big open field with a giant hill but that was part of its appeal.
When we got there the bigger kids went with Henry and I had the 3 little ones in the stroller. We set out down the giant hill to get busy.
Half way down we unleashed the hounds! Riley and Oscar were running around like crazy people chasing each other and wrestling. Jaida and Casey were exploring, Missy stayed in the stroller until we got to the bottom of the hill and Sushi and Biggie doddled along behind me as we worked our way down.
Once we got to the bottom everyone was running in giant circles, chasing each other... well except Jaida who had gone over to visit another group of dogs of course.
Missy was wandering around checking everything out and even started working her way back up the hill before she decided to come back.
Sushi was tearing up the lawn running from dog to dog bouncing around having a great time.
Biggie stuck with me most of the day but did his fair share of wandering. It was such a big field and he is such a small doggie he had lots of ground to cover.
Riley and Oscar were still running and wrestling, actually I don’t think they hardly stopped the entire time we were there; they are like 2 peas in a pod those two.
Prince was also off running around checking things out he was more reserved. He still mixed it up with the other boys Riley and Oscar from time to time but he was smart and played referee more than participant.
Jaida came and went; she is always being pestered by Riley and Oscar so she stayed away from them while they were running around. Sometime they would charge at her and steamroll her then she would join in the chase but then sneak off to go exploring and visit with new dogs.
When it was time to go we started up the giant hill back to the car. Casey got a ride in the stroller with Missy, Biggie and Sushi as she was pooped and needed to conserver her energy.
We only had to drop off the kids and Jaida because Prince, Riley and Oscar were coming to our house for the afternoon. My apartment was on fire with balls of wrestling fur!
Casey was smart and took a nap behind me where the boys didn’t see her. Prince just watched as Riley and Oscar continued to wrestle... Those two have so much energy it is bizarre.
Next we had our afternoon walk which included the apartment dwellers as well as Bogart and Bobby.
We headed to Sunnybrook (our usual afternoon destination) and let the kids loose.
First we went back to the creek behind the off leash park so the kids could play in the water. Riley, Oscar, Prince and Casey jumped right in and were swimming around. Bogart wasn’t too sure about getting in right away he was having more fun running around on the shore line.
Bobby just toddled along behind with a ball in his mouth that he picked up along the way happy just waiting for someone to throw it.
Once Bogart got into the water Riley, Oscar and him were CRAZY the three of them ran in giant circles through the water, up the hill, down the path, back through the water... and around and around and around they went. I have no idea how Riley and Oscar have the strength to keep going seeing as they have been playing for about 5 hours at this point. Bogart was just getting started so he was wound up like a top.
At one point we had to send a couple passing kids to retrieve Bogart from the top of a really big hill that he had decided he wanted to sprint up at full speed. Thank goodness the kids also had lots of energy to catch up and snag him before he headed to Mexico ;-)
We decided that was just about it for the creek and headed back to the park. Riley was on leash arrest for his little outdoor adventure so he stuck with me.
Bobby ended up finding a nice old man who tossed his ball for him so he was in heaven.
Riley and Oscar.... ran and wrestled while Prince looked on.
I hope that Riley and Oscar slept well last night ;-)
Lastly Henry took Diva out for her good night pee break with Casey in toe while I stayed home and had a break.
What a fun and busy day. Talk to everyone tomorrow.
Here is an assortment of pictures from our day including both the afternoon and evening walks:
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Friday 25th
Today we had 3 walks.
The first walk included Tea Cup, Jaida, Riley, Pepper and Casey.
We decided to walk the group on the Belt Line today for a change of scenery. The group took a few minutes to get organized and into “walking mode”. It was a nice day on the Belt Line and it was great to experience it with the full group rather than just Belle.
Everyone had a great time sniffing as we went along and visiting with the other dogs that we met along the way.
Once we got to Oriole Park there were a few other dogs there for us to play with.
Jaida started to visit with the new dogs and play chase and wrestle with Riley.
Riley had a great time mingling with the new dogs when we wasn’t chasing Jaida and generally bouncing around being silly.
Tea Cup spent her time running around chasing the other dogs that were running around plus she kept going over to this poor person trying to eat their lunch and saying “hello” every 5 minutes. She was really funny.
Pepper has a hidden talent for Frisbee catching!! We broke in the new Frisbee playing fetch with her and she had a fantastic time. She was good and pooped by the time we got ready to go.
What a great afternoon.
Next we picked up Belle, she is having a weekend slumber party with Casey!
We took it easy for the rest of the afternoon until we had to walk Bobby.
Belle, Bobby, Casey and I headed for Sunnybrook to play. I was COLD by this time of the day! Stupid fall with its crazy weather variances. The park was busy since it was the dinner hour.
We ended up sticking to ourselves instead of mingling. Bobby wanted to play ball and we kept getting out ball stolen so we decided to keep away from the main group. Bobby was a fetching machine! He is so cute when he’s running after a ball... his little belly wobbling along.
Belle spent most of her time running around checking out some of the other dogs and teasing Casey and Bobby.
Once we were good and chilly we packed up and headed home.
Our last walk of the day was to take the lovely Diva out for her good night pee break.
It was a good day and we’re going to have a fun weekend with Belle!
Weekend 26th, 27th
On Saturday we were going to do a road trip to my parent’s farm but decided that we were going to stay in the city instead.
Belle and I picked up Oscar and we headed to High Park. Casey stayed home to relax for the day as she has been too busy lately and needed a break.
When we got to the off leash area we strolled through the various trails running and bouncing around... well the kids were running and bouncing around I was walking. After the first loop we stopped for water on dog hill and mingled a bit with the dogs that were there. It was rush hour so the park was packed!
After a little break we made another trip around the park taking some different paths then the first time. Belle and Oscar were getting into their groove and were being so well behaved! I was glad because there were a few squirrels around and was afraid that I may lose Oscar to the woods if he got it into his head that he was going to catch one.
Once we ended our second lap we grabbed another drink of water then headed to the High Park Zoo!! Since we didn’t go to the farm we could have the next best thing!
Belle was mildly amused by the animals, she really didn’t know what she was looking at and if she should be interested.
Oscar on the other hand was very interested and inspected each animal he saw!
The great thing was that it was cool out so all of the animals were out. The last time I was there (ages ago) a few of the animals were not around so it was great to see the ones that were MIA last time.
I got some great pictures of our adventure:
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On Sunday we had Belle, Bobby and Casey with us for the afternoon, we headed to Sunnybrook for a super fun afternoon of running, wrestling and swimming!
It was busy at the park because it was a nice sunny afternoon so everyone was out taking advantage of the last bit of sun.
After we played fetch and ran around in the park we made our way back to the creek with Belle’s new friend Mocha.
The dogs had a fantastic time! Mocha and Belle spent a majority of the time running around the creek side, hill side, back through the creek etc. They were even wrestling a bit which was so fun to watch!
Bobby did lots of swimming jumping into the water to get his ball. He was a little fish jumping in and out of the water.
Casey was doing her own thing; she did some swimming and digging bug stayed away from the big dogs that were running.
I love watching Belle play! It’s nice that she found someone who is her play match and keep up with her body weight slamming against you at full speed... I know I can’t ;-) I took a bunch of pictures of the gang in action:
The three dogs hung out for the afternoon then we headed to Eglinton Park at dinner time for the kids to get their last blast of exercise for the day.
We haven’t been at Eglinton park in ages and we saw some of our old friends. Casey had a great time wrestling, Bobby was playing fetch and Belle was just keeping an eye on everyone making sure everyone was on their best behaviour.
It was a great weekend, a long weekend but a great one.
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