As Tradition States

As tradition goes around here... all dogs must love the skate rink!

Taricha still refuses to share her squeeky kongs but Martok is getting much better at pursuit.

All the snow makes us cranky though. Short trips are fun but just aren't enough to satisfy Taricha's needs.

Thankfully everything just melted.

This morning we went to a different skate rink...

To play with a different, more share-able, squeeky kong.

Martok sure tries and tries and tries. 

While Taricha kinda just stands there, not budging no matter how Martok flails. 

Oh poor Martok is still so skinny! I've not been holding back from feeding him, lots of training treats, meats, cheeses, peanut butters. He is growing bigger n taller like woah, but where is the puppy fat!!!?

When we arrived home, Taricha discovered a package just for her! Our new stuff from Ruffwear!  A new backpack and a neat bungee hiking leash. We will post more on this later... we have some qualms with other backpacks to discuss but need to test this one out before saying anything! 

PS! No... I didnt get anything for puppy Martok. He is too young to ask him to carry weight and he's growing so fast that any collar or harness I buy him, wont fit in a month! 

Gettin Crazy

One of our favorite activities was walking to nearby skate park that had several rinks fully closed in. When no one else was around, she and I would run/rollerblade in circles like a couple of idiots. It was one of the few places Taricha totally goes nuts. Obsessing over her squeaky Kong and a never ending chase game between the two of us. Maybe its because Im faster and can run circles around her that gets her going, maybe its just being offleash in strange paved place... whatever the reason, she goes bonkers and nothing exhausts her like a skate rink romp.

But then we moved 20min away and we've been seriously missing the place....

Until today.

Simply out walking today and lo and behold around a corner, a little out of the way park has a single HUGE enclosed skate rink. We instantly turned tail, went home, got my skates and came back just in time for a group of people to vacate the ring.... leaving it allllll to us!

SMILE