Leader of the Pack

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Benny and Rucksack bounded through the freshly-fallen snow when we first set out on our hike this morning.  Before long, Rucksack had a mask of white dust covering his face.  Rucksack anxiously led the way, sprinting back every now and then to make sure the rest of us were appreciating how awesome the snow was.  Benny made more frequent trips back and forth from Rucksack to me and Roger Roger.  Roger Roger had his turn to romp later, but squande...

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Roger Roger carried a small stick this morning and Rucksack followed suit by grabbing what wasn't much more than a twig.  Milo and Benny were happy just sniffing around and wandering through the brush.

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Sanaya's brother Fritz joined the pack again for our walk this afternoon.  For most of the time, he trotted right alongside Sanaya and Stella, while Mamacita and Sputnik walked at my other flank.  The pack was m...

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Roger Roger found a playmate in a passing dog early on in our hike.  The two of them had a lot of fun chasing each other around for a little while before we both headed our separate ways.  A short while later, we came across a very friendly Burnese Mountain Dog and Golden Retriever who Benny, Milo, and Roger Roger were all happy to greet.  Later on, Roger Roger tried to tempt Milo to chase him by flaunting a pine cone in front of him, but Milo wasn't...

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Rucksack and Roger Roger were very civil about sharing stick-carrying duties today.  Rucksack started off with it and they passed the same stick back and forth a couple times during the hike without any tug-of-wars.  Oliver abstained since the stick they were hauling weighed more than him.

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Sputnik tackled a small, older dog who came into the park on a leash, and he promptly went back on the leash for a while himsel...

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Rucksack found a stick once we made our way up the initial ascent along the Shanahan North Fork.  A short while later, Roger Roger found a smaller stick of his own.  Milo and Oliver happily greeted dogs we passed along the way.  Their initial hellos were always followed up by enthusiastic greetings from the Doodles.  One shy Golden Retriever took a side route through the brush because she was intimidated by the pack.  Milo wandered over to ...

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As we were headed back along the trail today, I saw a buck crossing the trail up ahead.  Surprisingly, Benny, Oliver, Rucksack, and Roger Roger all appeared oblivious to it.  None of them reacted until a minute later when we passed by the spot where the buck crossed.  At that point, all four of them immediately started looking all around expectantly, as they had all just caught the scent.  I could see the buck in the brush in the distance, but n...

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Rucksack again found a stick early on in the hike.  He left it aside a few times so he could sniff out some interesting spots alongside the trail.  The first couple times, I told Roger Roger to leave it for his brother, but then Rucksack wandered a bit farther and I let Roger Roger nab the prize.  Rucksack immediately ran over and tried to steal it back but I told him to let Roger Roger have a turn.  He begrudgingly relented until later on in th...

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Rucksack found a stick again on today's hike and hauled it for about half of the way.  Roger Roger chewed on it a bit at first, but he listened very well when I told him to leave it to his brother to carry.  When Benny and Milo were off leash they eagerly ran up to greet the dogs we passed on the trails.  Rucksack, Benny, and Milo all enjoyed chomping on some snow along the way.

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Sanaya, Mamacita, Stella, ...

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Rucksack and Roger Roger passed a stick back and forth between them again on today's hike.  It had been a while since they were interested in carrying sticks, but their interest has certainly been reignited recently.  When he wasn't carrying the stick or bugging his brother for it, Roger Roger flaunted the stick in front of Benny and got Benny to run around with him.  Oliver was more wary of passing dogs than usual and barked at several of them this ...

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Rucksack and Roger Roger took turns with a nice, big stick along the trails today.  Milo grabbed on and broke a piece off of the end for himself.  He and Roger Roger had some fun running thorugh the snow together.  Thompson wandered through the snowy brush and rolled around on his back in the snow, thoroughly enjoying his native weather.

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Ruffers was instantly making friends as soon as she got through the gate ...