Monday, September 11, 2006
The Porty Walk
Last spring, Cheryl learned of the Porty Walk - a gathering of Portuguese Water Dogs and their owners at the local dog run on the second Sunday of each month. She's been meaning to participate for months now and yesterday we finally decided to go. Unfortunately, it looks like the Porty Walk is no more or has been changed to another date or is on hiatus. In any event, Cheryl, Sarah, Oreo and I showed up yesterday afternoon at 1:30 in high hopes of running into half a dozen other PWDs. Alas, our full-fledged Porty Walk was not to be.
But luckily another family with a Portuguese Water Dog assumed the Porty Walk was still a going concern and did show up. So we ended up having an enjoyable walk with Paul, Sonja, their three kids and their PWD Spencer. Spencer is only eight months old and is therefore still a full-fledged puppy. He and Oreo got along famously although it became apparent that Oreo (at a year and a half) is almost past his puppy stage since he occasionally was less enthusiastic than Spencer.
Despite being a reluctant dog owner, I have to admit from time to time that owning a dog can be fun. Yesterday was a beautiful day for a walk and it was nice to meet Spencer's owners and compare notes on dog ownership. I'm far from being up for daily dog walks but on occasion I can see the attraction. With a heavy emphasis on the words "on occasion."
But luckily another family with a Portuguese Water Dog assumed the Porty Walk was still a going concern and did show up. So we ended up having an enjoyable walk with Paul, Sonja, their three kids and their PWD Spencer. Spencer is only eight months old and is therefore still a full-fledged puppy. He and Oreo got along famously although it became apparent that Oreo (at a year and a half) is almost past his puppy stage since he occasionally was less enthusiastic than Spencer.
Despite being a reluctant dog owner, I have to admit from time to time that owning a dog can be fun. Yesterday was a beautiful day for a walk and it was nice to meet Spencer's owners and compare notes on dog ownership. I'm far from being up for daily dog walks but on occasion I can see the attraction. With a heavy emphasis on the words "on occasion."
