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Benny, Oliver, Milo, and Sputnik navigated the muddy trails with me this morning.  Milo, Sputnik, and Benny all managed to stay relatively dry but Oliver's short legs left his belly fur dragging through the mud, which left him pretty messy by the end.

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Isaac and Sanaya had a blast romping around and through the stream that runs next to the trail at CU South this afternoon.  Coco and Ruffers opted for the open fields...

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Benny had a good romp through the snow just after the midpoint of our hike this morning, which got Sputnik and Mamacita riled up from watching him leap and bound around.  Milo surprisingly stuck to the trail throughout the hike despite all the freshly fallen snow inviting him to roll around.

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Sanaya was back with the pack today.  She immediately found a German Shorthaired Pointer to romp with when we arrived at the ...

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Sputnik, Mamacita, Benny, and Milo all enjoyed a cool, breezy morning on the trails.  The weather kept the trails less busy than they have been most days lately.  The pack found some interesting spots to sniff along the way but mostly just trotted along today.

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Coco and Stella greeted a few passing dogs as we made our way around the trail at CU South this afternoon.  One Poodle brought out Coco's playful side a...

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There were a lot of dogs on the trails this morning.  Oliver and Benny were the greeting committee and took pleasure in their duties.  If the dogs lingered, then Milo and Sputnik got to sniff hello as well.  There was one old dog we encountered on our way down the Chautauqua Trail who was especially interested in the pack and walked right along with us as we went, exchanging some kisses with Sputnik.

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The pack found one boulder at the trailhead to be of particular interest this morning and all spent a while giving it a thorough examination.  Sputnik and Milo were the first to take note and then Thompson and Mamacita sidled up to them to get in on the sniff.  After a couple minutes, we headed onto the trail for a low-key hike on a warm day.

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Isaac found a tennis ball straightaway and spent most of his park time pl...

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Some dogs in the pack are wary of drinking water from the CamelBak that I use on our hikes.  Benny, Oliver, Sputnik, and Milo are not those dogs.  This morning, as soon as I asked the group, "Thirsty?" everyone started licking their lips and gathered around to wait their turn for a drink.

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We ran into our new Greyhound friend, Magic, at the CU South trail again this afternoon.  Isaac and Magic immediately took ...

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We came across a friendly couple with thick New York accents on the trails this morning and they were very happy to greet all the dogs in turn.  Benny was the first to walk up and poke his nose out to them and when they started to pet him, Sputnik quickly pushed his way in to steal some of the attention.  Milo lumbered over after a moment and got some love.  Mamacita just sniffed around and waited for them to come to her.

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We had another pleasant hike in beautiful weather this morning.  Sputnik has been minding his manners very well with passing dogs.  Milo kept pace well again today without the climb up the Flatirons.  Several hikers commented on Benny and Mamacita being Ridgebacks, and how beautiful they both are.

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Oliver and Coco led the way and sniffed out points of interest together while Stella and Mamacita walked along at ...

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We came across several dogs on the trails today and the pack, including Sputnik, made friendly greetings with everyone.  Milo kept up fine since we didn't go for the relatively steep 1st Flatiron trail that he refused to climb yesterday.  Oliver and Benny brought up the rear, but both kept pretty close throughout the hike.

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Mamacita was eager to head to the back of the park where she could wiggle around in the grass...

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Thompson and Milo both decided they had enough climbing for one day, early on once we started up the 1st Flatiron trail.  Milo lay down in the middle of the trail while Thompson wandered off to sniff around the rocks and refused to follow me, Sputnik, and Mamacita up.  I tried to encourage them to keep going but when it was clear they were done, I brought us back down and stuck to the gentler trails.

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Benny got into...