Sunday In The Dog Park

Hiker woke me up barking at the neighbors at 4:30 am. Guess they were having a sleep over and a bunch of them had come outside. Don't know why they were up that early. Went back to bed and slept until about 7:00 am. Got up and Hiker and I went out for a 2 mile walk. There was no one out on the trail this morning. Made some waffles and sausage for breakfast, through my sheets into the washer and vacuumed. Put the Frontline Plus on Hiker for the month. Took Hiker over to Central Park around 1:30 pm and decided to try her in Central Bark (the dog park there) again. When we first went in, there was only one dog. A Border Collie named Mikey. They just sniffed each other. Then about 6 or 7 other doctors came in and they all started playing together except for Hiker. She just sat and watched them. Once all of them were running full speed toward her in a pack and she took off like a scared rabbit. They ran past her and she then came running over to me and tried to jump up in my lap. There was this one ugly, little, tiny, nasty male dog that kept trying to mount Hiker. She kept growling at him and finally he left her alone. A couple of times Hiker yipped when one of the dogs would come up behind her and startle her. She is so attached to me and so used to just the two of us that she doesn't know how to play with the other dogs. I'll have to keep taking her there and hopefully one day she will start to play with them. Got up to 89° today. That's exactly what they said it would be on the TV News this morning.