Lots of new and old faces.

Well, it's been a long time since I've written a blog post, and we've had lots of new faces and some old ones too. 

Jovi is a return hiker, while her Mom recovers from surgery.  Ziggy is a neighbours dog that joins us for hikes. Penny and Jack are BC's from the same family and breeder.  Jake is a boarder that has become a regular hiker. Lola, the Portie puppy is lots of fun.  Lycan is a baby BC mix, who has recently started hiking with us. Indy is a wonderful looking mix, that gets mistaken for a cattle dog. And of course, Nutella's puppies are almost 1 year old! And Goldie is still hiking strong for 14.5years and Jag has been with me since he was 7 weeks old, and is now 11 years old.!

Jovi

Jovi

Jake and Ziggy wrestling.

Jake and Ziggy wrestling.

Jake.

Jake.

Penny and Jack.

Penny and Jack.

The lovely Lola, Portuguese Water Dog.

The lovely Lola, Portuguese Water Dog.

Lycan and Snipe at 17 weeks old, brother and sister.

Lycan and Snipe at 17 weeks old, brother and sister.

Indy and her buddy, Taisce.

Indy and her buddy, Taisce.

Nutella with her puppies, Taisce and Anchor, who are almost a year old!

Nutella with her puppies, Taisce and Anchor, who are almost a year old!

Goldie 14 years young.

Goldie 14 years young.

Jag, hiking for eleven years.  Doesn't look his age!

New Paws join the Hikes and Celebrating 15 years of Hiking!

It's been a busy, hot, summer!  Now Fall is on us, and it's time to sit down and write a new blog entry.  Several new puppy faces have joined our hikes.  And this was the summer to introduce some dogs to the joy of swimming!  Taisce, Anchor, Ozzy, Lily and Thor all swam for the first time with me this summer.

Lily, Sherry's new Border Collie puppy. 

Lily, Sherry's new Border Collie puppy.

 

Taisce, my new BC puppy (Nutella's).

Taisce, my new BC puppy (Nutella's).

Anchor, Tara's BC puppy (Nutella's).

Anchor, Tara's BC puppy (Nutella's).

Ozzy, Cheryl's wonderful puppy.

Ozzy, Cheryl's wonderful puppy.

Thor, Chris and Katelyn's Giant Schnauzer.

Thor, Chris and Katelyn's Giant Schnauzer.

Gunther, Kim's Havanese.

Gunther, Kim's Havanese.

Stopping to enjoy the waterfall photoshoot.

On our second hike together with Audrey and Bacon, we explored a quaint waterfall we found in the woods by Sandy Lake trails.  

A beautiful, chilly waterfall.

A beautiful, chilly waterfall.

Pete looks very majestic posing for this shot.

Pete looks very majestic posing for this shot.

Hard to see Divot's eyes behind all that wet fur.

Hard to see Divot's eyes behind all that wet fur.

It looks like the dogs staged themselves for this photo, and even Sasha is smiling!

It looks like the dogs staged themselves for this photo, and even Sasha is smiling!

Nutella enjoying the rock climbing that surrounded the area.

Nutella enjoying the rock climbing that surrounded the area.

Sophie is very styling in her Shedrow dog coat.

Sophie is very styling in her Shedrow dog coat.

Pete looking very serious.

Pete looking very serious.

Bacon looks like a bear crossing above the waterfall.

Bacon looks like a bear crossing above the waterfall.