Katie and I have to apologize to Ludo, the Sheltie from Down Under.  I know I’m supposed to be teaching Katie some tricks, and exhibiting proof of such activities here on Tricky t-day.  But my book still hasn’t arrived from the library (someone else is teaching their dog new tricks and won’t turn the book back in!!) and I find that I am useless at randomly trying to teach her things without knowing what I’m doing.  Plus I can’t figure out how to be the obstacle (as in JUMP KATIE JUMP) as well as the trainer as well as the photographer!  So I still don’t have any tricks to share.  Sigh. I will try to be a better tricky t-day participant.  I really will.

Katie and I DID go to the park this afternoon.  This was the first park visit in a couple weeks, what with me being out of state and then working every day since I’ve been home.  As soon as I got her long leash out she got excited.  When I put on the treat bag she was ecstatic.  So much so that I couldn’t get the rest of her stuff together because she was jumping on me and running in between my legs.  HEY!  That sort of sounds like a trick, jumping on me and running in between my legs.  Does that count?!  LOL!  Anyway, I put her regular leash on her and took her out to put her in the back of the SUV.  Our four door sedan was parked where the  SUV usually is, and she insisted she wanted to get into the truck of that car!  I couldn’t stop laughing, finally just picked her up (the benefits of owning a small dog!) and put her into the back of the SUV where she belonged.  She was SOOOOO excited to be going to the park!

We walked around the whole perimiter of the park, she stopping to sniff or pee about every 10 feet.

It was a beautiful day, mid 70’s, low humidity, big white puffy clouds in the sky.  She’d get antsy with me when I was taking pictures of the clouds.   Come ON Mom!  Geeze!  I could tell she was impatient with me, she kept looking back to see what was taking me so long. 

Here’s a picture of her that I took as I was jogging up next to her, right as I fell into a hole.  She’s laughing at me. 

About halfway around the park we stopped to rest on the observation deck.  Katie found a little bit of shade. 

I thought she’d be tired, but once we got back to the parking lot she refused to head to the car.  No!  Not going to get in the car!  Not going to!  Na uh…not me.   

Oh.  Did you say it was time for DINNER?!  Well, why didn’t you SAY so?  Let’s go Mom!