Thursday, August 18, 2011

Notes on taking five Goldens into Bar Harbor

We took all five dogs into Bar Harbor yesterday. Walking them around town led to several lessons:
1. For a lot of people seeing five quiet, well-behaved dogs walking together is a major event. Many, many asked us if we were a club. Many more felt it was a major 'event' - one worthy of photography! A number of folks wanted a picture of the dogs - some with the human in the picture, some just of the dogs. I was shocked. I guess we live in such a dog-centric world that this seemed unremarkable. Not so.
2. Thank goodness I've taught all the dogs good restaurant manners. We had five dogs at a table with four people and, aside from one deciding that he needed to stretch out, no one knew they were there.
3. My two Goldens are bilingual. They are fluent in Aussie! Having seen them around Goldens for a week it was so wonderful to watch them erupt into fluent Aussie when they met a family of three in town. All play and frolic from my guys.
4. Even if you have a good loose leash walk, taking water-loving Goldens on a walk along a path that is on a cliff above the ocean produces pulling on the leash. Enough said?


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Location:Green Lake, Maine

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