It's all about Gary's weekend.....

Sometimes instead of jabbering on about my boring goings on, it's only fair that the subject of the blog should take the title role.


This weekend it's all been about Gary. Hubby was working really long hours, and I decided not to bother going home until Thursday, so needed to fill our weekend with fun stuff, which could only mean one thing, Dog Wood Park. My friend Anne would be horrified to learn that I've spent $30 on going to the dog park and bathing Gary this weekend...


Anyway Saturday bought cold temperatures and heavy rain in the morning ...it wasn't looking too good for the dog park, but you still need to walk your furry friends, so umbrella in hand we ventured out for our normal circumvention of our apartment complex (about 2 miles). Of course by the time we got back Gary and I were soaked and it had stopped raining...typical... I watched as the sun started to appear from behind the clouds....get your lead Gary you've pulled you're going to the dog park!
It's only a 5 minute drive and Gary knows as soon as we turn into the drive where he is and starts getting overly animated in the front seat... I think if I had his window open he'd jump straight out..

Our $11 paid, Gary's lead was off and we made a beeline for the water.. our dog is Jack Russell and German Wirehaird Pointer cross, and retrieving a dead bird  tennis ball from the water is instinctive, he's a great swimmer...Soon I throwing a wet tennis ball in and out of the lake.

The other thing that Gary loves is playing chase with another willing dog. Yesterday it was a Labrador / Pitbull cross called Bubba... and unlike Gary, Bubba did not corner on rails...Gary sped past me and Bubba knocked me on my derriere... Bubba's owner was worried (this is the land of the lawsuit), but I was just laughing...and Gary came up and licked my face for good measure so now I was covered in mud and slobber nice!!! 

We carried on through the woods with Bubba and his owner, Gary had a new friend..they were exhausting themselves out...which is always a good thing for me, and by the time we got back to the car he was run ragged and ready to sleep on his towel..but not before a quick look around the car park to see if there were any of his friends that he recognised....

Sunday bought more cool weather ( I actually had a scarf on (no coat though!)) and Gary and I went off for our constitutional about 8am as per usual (there is no lie-ins with dogs!) Being a GWP and JR Gary has a love of squirrels..and my right arm is considerably stronger since we've lived here as I have to stop him murderering them everyday. The complex is over-run with them and we normally see about 10-15 on the walk around...can you imagine how hard this must be for a dog on a lead? Anyway this morning was no different and Gary was trying to hunt the squirrels down. 

Squirrel Hunter

I think if I let him off the lead he'd get one, but I'm not that cruel (and I'm worried he'd get run over!) but he it wont stop him trying again tomorrow so I don't feel too bad for him.

We'd have to wait until lunchtime for the park to open, so I went back to bed to read and snooze for a bit)

Lunchtime was soon upon us and I shouted for Gary to get his lead....as soon as he saw me pick my car keys up he knew we were doing something exciting and that he was coming too!

We arrived at the dog park...Gary looked like he was having some sort of epileptic fit he was so excited, and we were soon up by the pool...

Today he was more interested in sticks than balls, that and getting extremely muddy....it could only mean one thing, a bath...

Dog Wood Park has some great 'bath your own dog' facilities, and at $7.50 its loads cheaper than paying someone...they provide all the shampoo and conditioner (good stuff too!) and brushes and towels etc, even an apron for me (didn't help much as I was soaked!)

Gary doesn't like it much, but was a good boy and sat still for most of it, the best bit is being rubbed with the towel at the end !

He's now fast asleep on the bed...the best bit about the dog park.. he's had a great weekend, and I enjoyed it too!

I'll leave you with a couple of images form the park..they have these little sayings up through park and never a truer word was written...

see wet dog disappearing left....