We were walking Jack in the park today. He was leashed, on his regular 6-foot lead, and he was walking nicely on a loose leash. We were near an access road and a food concession stand, and there was a family standing around with three dogs; the apparent father with a pug and another small dog, mom, and a few kids. One of the kids was a girl who looked about 10, and she had a big bear of a black dog on a leash; he probably went about 65 pounds.



We were walking past them, but not close… Continue

Perhaps not what you think.



Here's a not-so-chubby Jackpot:

When Jack was one, we had him for his checkup and we put him on the scales and he weighed in at a whopping 35 pounds. My husband and I kept looking at each other, saying "Is he fat? He doesn't look fat. But 35 pounds for a Corgi... that sounds fat!" Ah, but the vet assured us he was not fat. He's just big-boned! LOL



Anyway, we went back in April for… Continue

The weather has been horrible this June, and we have not been able to enjoy any of our usual summer activities. However, today we managed to sneak in a hike between thunder storms. We took a trip to the new Nature Conservancy preserve on Moosic Mountain, and checked out one of their lovely trails.



It's a very unique habitat. We usually hike in the woods, but this is a ridge-top heath barren. Nice views, odd landscape of ferns, mountain laurel, and wintergreen mixed with some stunted… Continue