13.04.13

morning walk:
Lucy
Rita
Osita
Reggie
Shirley
Ernie
Bosha
Hazel
(8)

I took these out for a walk in the monte, with a bit of jogging thrown in to keep everyone together. Shirley was never off the leash and seemed fine running a little bit to catch up with Ernie and Reggie, who were setting the pace and paling around. We went across the land bridge and north on the ridge as normal but everyone was so energetic and up for it that we got to the alt. land bridge almost immediately so I decided to keep going. We continued north on the cut-over to the road that runs on the other side of the charcos from us to the tortuga crossroads, cut across the northern tip of those same charcos and headed south. We ran into a large salt truck on the way south and Hazel got freaked out a little; she ran all the way north to the crossing of the charco and then circled around south on the other side of the charco from us to get back. It is shallow so she just forded it when she got near enough. I put her on the other end of the leash from that point on and she was glad of it. We saw various salt workers and other people in the monte and everyone was good.
GRADE: A

morning beach reuinification walk:
Alice
Twiggy
Xmul*
(3)

Today was the final walk in Operation Xmul: Re-entry. Guy is leaving for Montreal with the rest of the french canadians tomorrow, but he will be back in a couple of weeks and Xmul will have him all to herself then; we're quite happy about this and also glad to get to see Xmul for a couple of weeks. Roni and I decided I should take Alice along as well because we thought bringing Xmul back into the yard with Alice fronting her would promote harmony. We were right. By the time we got back from this walk Xmul was over her dramatics with Twiggy and since Alice was with me instead of in the yard it was a good deal quieter than it might've been. The other dogs were reintroduced to Xmul in the yard gradually and now everyone seems peaceful and happy. Apparently we do know what we're doing. Yay Xmul!
GRADE: A