07.02.16

morning run:
Eve
Chester
Lily
Luna
Lex
Murci
Cookie
Junebug
Zoila
(9)

No-man's land: ~9k. This was a crazy, all-out run on a blustery, chilly day. I wasn't going to take both of the twins at first, only Zoila; her sister Junebug really put herself out there and they both desperately needed to go, so what the hell. It has been difficult getting out lately for a lot of reasons and all the dogs on this run were really itching to air it out. Chester deserves special mention. He's almost certainly over 10 years old, much older than everyone else on this run, and yet he was frequently in front and never lagged the whole way. Of course if June and Zoila weren't on leashes they would probably have been in front... and behind, and on both sides, and probably up a few trees and down a few holes, too. They are a tiny little team of horses, although Zoila is really more of a tank. No-man's land was a lot drier than last time but there were slippery stretches that required working with June and Zoila to keep from getting pulled face-first through the muck. On the other hand, they both drank from the bottle properly for the first time and there were a few moments when we weren't hauling ass and actually stopped to sniff something or have some fun in the water. We took the long way south and came home via the land bridge. Everyone behaved themselves well, although there wasn't much opportunity to be bad: we saw nobody else nor heard any vehicles. Nice run. I really hope they're tired.
GRADE: A