Hey you guys! I’ve been thinking about this Walktober thing. Mom says you go for a walk and then share it with everybody. Well. I went for a walk last Friday that was very October-ish so let me show you!

It all started last Friday when I met some of my group walk doggie friends in a parking lot in Fenton Michigan. We go for walks in different places around here every Friday evening. It’s supposed to help me hang with other dogs without stressing so much. Mostly it’s a fun thing to do.

But this walk was entirely different! Fenton was filled with lots and lots of people, most of them witches! They were everywhere!

I wasn’t at all sure this was a good idea, but I was game to walk along because all the other dogs didn’t seem to think this was weird. Plus my mom was right next to me and she had the good treats in her pocket.

Lots of the witches wanted to meet me and a few of them smelled like nice people.

Mostly I just watched them come and go.

Mom asked me to sit next to things and mostly I said OK, but I refused to look happy about it.

I mean…really mom? This is what you call a Walktober?

It ended up being OK…I got lots of treats from mom, and then I slept all the way home.

I don’t know. I thought Walktober was supposed to be about colored leaves and stuff. I mean, I sat in my own back yard Friday afternoon and that was pretty.

I don’t know what mom is doing for her own Walktober. She has to travel again real soon but she says she’ll get it all done! I hope hers isn’t as scary as mine was!
October 11, 2026 at 9:04 am
Sexy witches, who knew? 😀
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October 14, 2026 at 8:16 am
Penny says they all looked pretty strange to her. But yes, who knew?
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October 11, 2026 at 10:22 am
You were a good girl, sweet Penny. I would be a little unnerved seeing so many “witches”, too.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. It is raining here in Central VA; Henri recommends take a late morning nap. I hear him softly snoring. 💕 😊
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October 14, 2026 at 8:17 am
Penny thinks late morning naps are the best thing since breakfast!
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October 11, 2026 at 10:49 am
We are north of you Penny. It’s beautiful up at the lake, the colors are stunning and we might step out. For walktober of our own today. Trust your mom, she’d never put you in danger!
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October 14, 2026 at 8:19 am
We’ve worked on training Pen to look for one of us when she gets scared v.s. going crazy. Sometimes it works. Especially if she’s outside her own home. She looked at me a lot on that walk! I told her she was a good girl and gave her a treat.
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October 11, 2026 at 11:20 am
Penny, it might have been a bit scary, but it was cool to see this gathering of witches. I especially like the photo of the witches on the bench.
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October 14, 2026 at 8:19 am
That’s my favorite image too.
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October 11, 2026 at 12:22 pm
Penny, I have to say I like YOUR idea of Walktober MUCH better than your Mom’s!!!! lol!!! You didn’t look thrilled looking at those strange people! Mom and I thought you looked gorgeous sitting in your leaves in your OWN yard!! Love, Levi
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October 14, 2026 at 8:20 am
You are a smart dog, Levi!
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October 11, 2026 at 3:09 pm
Oh, Penny, the expression on your face is exactly the same as the one I see on the Monk’s when he’s unnerved by a strange situation. He’s usually okay with people — it’s dogs that cause him concern. No clue what he’d do if he saw witches!! I really enjoyed your Walktober though — especially the picture of you being all calm in your own backyard — and the happy, grinning one above it! Such a pretty girl you are!
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October 14, 2026 at 8:21 am
Penny is really a happy to stay at home dog. I’ve been taking her out to places against her will. 🙂 She loves her house and her backyard and her daddy. Not necessarily in that order. Oh. She also loves me.
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October 11, 2026 at 5:25 pm
That was definitely an October-y walktober. Looks like you were a good girl through all of it!
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October 14, 2026 at 8:21 am
She’s a very good girl.
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October 11, 2026 at 8:24 pm
Penny, I’m glad you “smiled” for us toward the end of your “Walktober” because you sure didn’t look happy earlier, especially next to that big ol’ skeleton. At least there were treats involved and treats make the world a better place and less bewitching, right?
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October 14, 2026 at 8:22 am
Treats make everything OK. And she’s forgiven me for the skeleton. Though she might hold it over me again at a later date. Everything is negotiable.
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October 14, 2026 at 8:32 pm
Yes, treats do make everything okay. Spooky doesn’t go over well with everyone and some can’t live without it.
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October 12, 2026 at 11:11 pm
Hi Penny. Witches (real witches) are actually really nice people and don’t dress like the women you saw. Witches are just real people, dressed like the rest of us, with beliefs that might be a bit different from the usual mainstream religions. So very sorry Penny that those women scared you. “Walktober” here in the Pacific NW of the USA is just that … a walk-about in the country, seeing the autumn leaves, listening to a river flow with new-found rain water, listening to the birds. No fake witches!! 🙂
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October 14, 2026 at 8:23 am
She thought some of them were ok to hang out with. Others not so much. I guess just like she feels about people in general.
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October 15, 2026 at 6:38 am
Lov e that smile! Kinda scary out there I’d say!
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October 15, 2026 at 2:20 pm
Some days it truly is!
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October 16, 2026 at 5:27 am
That’s a lot of witches in one place. Reminds me of Salem, MA. You are very brave Penny, people do really weird things sometimes, especially in October. Our neighbor hung a fake witch from a tree branch, and Chewy makes sure to bark at it every time it sways in the wind.
Your yard looks really pretty. I bet the crunchy leaves and pine needles on the ground make for good sniffing. Enjoy these beautiful Fall days Penny! They are special.
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October 27, 2026 at 10:51 am
That last photo of you is really pretty, Penny. Thank you so much for joining Walktober. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many witches in one place! I can see why you found it a little scary. 🙂
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October 30, 2026 at 8:54 am
What an interesting Walktober day you had, Penny. Never a dull moment and something new to contemplate at every turn. Love your final pose. 🙂
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October 30, 2026 at 10:15 am
Yes Ms. Barbara, I had an…interesting…time. We go for our group walk again tonight and I’m hoping it’s more normal. Scary things make me nervous you know.
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