25 December 03
A Dog’s Best Christmas Present
...is to spend a good part of the day bounding across open terrain. We went today with my sister, her boyfriend, and her dog Hooper to Pt. Isabel Regional Shoreline, which is a bit of open space on the east side of San Francisco Bay that is well-known to East Bay residents as a place to let dogs run off-leash. There were many dozens of dogs of all shape and variety out there today, enjoying the Christmas sunshine, some retrieving frisbees and balls, and a few going swimming in a channel leading to the Bay. Remarkably, all these dogs were getting along with each other quite well, many of them no doubt exchanging holiday wishes and email addresses. At left we see Hooper returning after venturing hither and yon.
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This is how all dogs should have it. There are far too many dogs who go their whole life and never experience the fun of a run. I take our dogs 5 of them for a walk everyday for at least an hour preferably longer. We head for the forest ( as we are surrounded by it) and then I let them loose. They thoroughly enjoy themselves even in bad weather. In the summer they swim in the lake. Where we live is sparsley populated so we have these great opportunities for them. Unfortunatly we tend to take this lack of cars and people too liberally. Recently one of our dogs got run over and died. It broke my heart. Unless you are a loving dog owner yourself it is hard to describe to people sometimes how much it hurts to loose a dog. They are a member of the family. Loyal, faithfull loving companions who will do anything to please you. Always glad to see you, and always there when you need them. I can only comfort myself that this dog had a good life. She had a long walk everyday, and enjoyed it very much.May she continue to do so today wherever she is now.