Dog Park

One thing I WILL give this town credit for is its dog park, "a 42-acre swim and play park for people and their doggies (over 25 acres are currently fenced)! The park is the country's largest completely fenced dog park--a true heaven on earth for dogs!"

Heaven for most dogs, I suppose....Frito Joe for instance, who will chase and pester any dog no matter how big, and bark at the top of his lungs when he can't catch them, which he can't, because despite being slim and wiry he is composed entirely of sinew and is just a hair slower than every other dog in the park.

Poor Dino (the sweetest dog that ever lived on the earth in all of history), on the other hand, could take it or leave it (mostly leave it I imagine). When approached by another dog for a friendly sniff-up, she will curl into a ball, preferably under the legs of Jet or me. If we are not available, she will approach any strangers who happen to be standing by (because this is a dog park, these strangers are usually old men or lesbians, or old lesbians). If no legs are available, she will growl and snarl and make herself out to be the sort of undesirable cur that is unwelcome at the dog park, even though she is, as I mentioned, the sweetest dog that ever lived on the earth in all of history.

If pressed into activity, she will chase only Frito Joe, seemingly for the express purpose of preventing him from having any fun. As she can run roughly at the speed of sound, her self-appointed task is easily accomplished. She will carefully choose a moment when she is able to gain access to Frito Joe without having to touch or be touched by any other dogs, then take off like a discharged bullet, tackle Frito Joe to the ground, and resume her position of safety under someone's legs.

This isn't leading to any pithy revelation about real life, I just wanted to upload a picture of the dogs.