13.10.11

morning run:
Alice
Lucy
Ginger
George
Posey
Rufus
Frankie
Maggie
(8)

To the beach at Au Soleil Couchant via the dirty road, the middle land bridge, the cut-over, the intersection and the swimming hole, then home via the tortuga sign: ~6k. Rufus has developed a limp in his front right paw after the last few runs, so I took him on a shorter one today with the intention of watching him closely afterwards. The last few times it seems that his limp developed within a day and then went away the next day after that; he shows no signs of problems while on the run so it sounds like perhaps he pulled something originally and it's sore for a while now after runs. Posey got to go because she was due but she irritated me where the road from the swimming hole runs into the Au Soleil Couchant road: the brush to the north had some kind of interesting critter in it and Posey led the charge, but she took her sweet time coming when I called her, and then refused to come all the way to me. She knows better and was going on the leash for sure, but since she didn't come all the way to me and made me come to her she stayed on for the rest of the run. Other than that there were no surprises or mishaps. This is the perfect distance for George, Maggie, Frankie, Alice and Lucy; the other three could run forever but it felt like near 100% humidity and everyone was happy to get home.
GRADE: A