Monday, December 1, 2008

Trying out a new dog park

When my family was in town, we went to New Smyrna Beach for a very cool Segway tour.  On the way there, I saw a sign for a dog park.  I hadn’t known about the dog park, so I couldn’t wait to take the pugs there for a visit.

The park was quite spacious and there were a few dogs there playing when we arrived.  The park also had the big tunnels that the boys love to run through.  We haven’t been able to convince Luna to go through the tunnel yet.  She just doesn’t see the point of it.

This big guy wanted so bad to play with Benny.  As soon as we got to the park, he ran up to Benny and immediately dropped down into a play stance (which Benny understood), but then he was barking at Benny to egg him on to chase him.  That is where there communication breakdown occurred and Benjamin just stood there looking as confused as ever.  I tried to explain to him that it is exactly what Luna does to get the boys to play, only much, much, much louder.

This guy arrived shortly after us and started his visit in small dog area.  The pugs had so much fun playing with him through the fence.  They ran back and forth and back and forth.  The other dog’s owner eventually brought him over to the other side of the park where all the other dogs were and I thought the pugs would have so much fun chasing this quick guy around.  But, as soon as he came to our side of the park, the pugs had no interest in playing with him whatsoever!

After all their romping and stomping it was time to head home.