Penny visits Whidbey

Rick, Penny and I celebrated Valentine's day (and Rick and my anniversary) by spending the weekend on Whidbey Island. Penny got to go offleash a couple of times.

We went to Saratoga Woods for a hike. It's listed as a leash walk, but all the dogs that we saw were offleash. I couldn't see a reason for Penny to be the only dog on leash. So, she was unleashed and made friends with a Golden Lab named Charlie. They chased each other through the woods. But, Penny would stop to wait for us. Toward the end of the walk, Charlie vanished, but Penny stayed close to us. Putting her on her leash was easy.

We also went to Double Bluff park. About 500 feet out, it's a dog park where dogs can scamper about unleashed. Penny didn't meet any special friends, but still enjoyed playing in the sand. It was a little cold to play in the waves, although she wet her ankles a few time.

Penny was either pretending to be a cat or pretending to be a lion. When she saw a large dog, she'd crouch on her forarms and extend her neck watching. THen, she'd run at the dog, just like how a cat pounces on a mouse. Has she learned this from the cats? Or is this something that Rhodesian Ridgebacks do? I'll have to do some research.

On Monday, we went to Ebey's Landing. Penny stayed on a leash then. But she still had fun, even though we didn't let her to roll in some foul smelling matter.