8 dogs and 6 people went hiking on a sunny, Sunday afternoon and it was pretty stellar. Not stellar in the way of views (everything was brown, dead and muddy), but stellar in company and fresh air.
John's truck was full, so we had to put the 3 dogs in my little Taurus, it wouldn't have been a big deal but Winston is the whole back seat. There were a few tiffs on the way to the canyon because Winston kept stepping on someone.
I guess here is a good place to mention Winston's problem, well past problem now. Back when he was 4 or 5 months old he started showing signs of dog aggression and we had no idea how to cure him of it. In fact, in one puppy class he bit another dog and wouldn't let go. I'm not taking blame for this though, we told everyone before hand that he was showing signs and our trainer still told us to let him go to play with the other puppies.
We got a new trainer and she sent us to K9 Lifeline and they worked their magic on him. It took a lot of our time and every Saturday morning since November, but he's so much better now. He can be around all type of dogs and has even had some situations that used to set him off before. Even on this hike one of the new dogs got grumpy with him and growled and Winston just back off. It's such a relief to know that Winston can come with us on our hikes now and I don't have to worry about him.
Anywho...Makoa was pretty happy to see his friends and get the hike started.
Winston was infatuated with sticks :)
And he was already laying down after maybe 45 minutes :) but luckily he stood up and continued walking when we started up again. No way any of us were carrying a 90 pound dog the rest of the hike!
This is my new favorite picture of my kiddos, I'm so glad their recall is so good because this is actually staged. I told John to call them to him and then I called them back to me. It just happened to be smallest to biggest.
The dogs are usually always on John's heels since he walks faster than me, even Winston is faster than me!
Some of the dogs in our group, too hard to get every single one of them in a picture. We're actually on the road here and not the trail. Millcreek has a gate halfway up the canyon that is closed from November to May so it's used as a trail in the colder months.
John kept giving Winston sticks to carry because he thought it was so funny.
The ride home was less eventful since everyone was so sleepy. Ah, the bliss of silence!
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