Today's hike didn't set any records for distance (five miles) or speed (17.5 minutes/mile), but it was the first time that I've walked three dogs at once. Two dogs is a pair, three is a pack, and all of them were shepherds so they were sharing a single brain.
On yesterday's hike with just Max and Maya, I was barely able to control them both when they spotted a deer. Today we stuck to dry, grassy trails for better footing, open area for less chance of deer spotting, and I put a prong collar on Max that I could switch his leash to if necessary (it wasn't).
It was a good walk, not a lot of other people around, and Trooper kept up better than he has in the past.
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| Trooper is beginning to blow his coat. |
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I found a post I could tie the leashes to for a
head-first photo. |
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Max and Trooper (Maya was off doing her own
thing in this picture.) |
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| A shepherd May pole |
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| We had surprisingly few leash entanglements. |
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