Dog Hikes

We've started up the dog hikes again.

In this economy it's the cheapest date like thing we can think of. As date like as you can get when there's other people around riding horses, hunting, or walking their dogs too.

Today we hit one of our favorite local spots at Springton Manor Farm where there's a large rock along the way, I've been eying this rock since last spring. With all Gretchen's "agility training," I decided to climb up and see what she had.

What she had was a brain full of chipmunks. She spent most of the hike running in circles throughout the brush in hot pursuit of the teasing little rodents.

So CJ decided to climb it. CJ the twelve year old dog that falls up the stairs and can't get in our bed anymore. CJ the dog that will go three days without pooping because it's just too much effort.

Seeing CJ up there was enough to distract Gretchen from her chase and up she scrambled.

Doesn't look so bad huh? We did a retake.

She's not jumping. She's actually running up the rock. There were a couple of slight ledges on the way up. The rest was just claws scraping rock. I expected her to come from the left, but no. Straight up was more fun or something.

Then it was back to the chipmunks.

- b