Lively Dog Blog

We started out the day with a quick walk down the old tracks, sneaking through the bittersweet to see our friend at the Wayland Convenience store, who came out to give Smitty and Fergus their favorite treats for free. On the way back, we picked blackberries growing wild along the tracks. The dogs didn’t think they were ripe enough, but we picked plenty to have with icecream later. I intended to take a small nap, but was instead whisked off to Trout Brook Reservation in Holden, MA to walk the dogs and let John do some fishing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the dogs so happy. Ferg had to jump in the brook and scare the fish away from every good fishing hole, so John may have not been so overjoyed. But when the pups are happy, so am I. Then, another failed nap attempt, and we were off to a barbecue at Land’s Sake Farm, where our friend Eric lives and works. Pretty much a dog park, today. My boys got to play with their buddy Zee, as well as new friends Mikey and Moose. I gave all the dogs massages, which were well received. Moose, a big ol’ shepherd/chow mix, liked his quads and hips done, and gave me a huge blue-tongued kiss. Zee laid over my legs for her massage, once I’d resigned myself to getting muddy, and occasionally jumped up to shove her head into my arm pit before flopping back down. She is a love. She is a rescue yellow lab/hound that my friends Liz adopted at six months. Unfortunately, Zee had a stubborn case of heartworm, and Liz found herself trying to keep a lab puppy quiet for six months. A labor of love. I wish I had known Reiki then, but I did give her T-Touch, which is good for calming animals. We snuck out before the fireworks and had our icecream and berries. The dogs are tired and I am full, so it was an excellent day.

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