Dog park



My dog

 We're two for two.
The city of John's Creek down the street from us has a wonderful dog park called Newtown dog park. It is a great place for dogs to sniff some butts and romp about, but it is where our dogs like to embarrass us.
On our first visit, it was a hot, busy day for the park. The park has a fountain in the center where dogs can play in the water and cool off. It is the gathering point for humans as well.


Other people's dogs

 I enjoy watching the dogs play, so I sat down on the astro-turf just outside the fountain and watched other people's dogs play while our dogs wandered aimlessly to pee on stuff. Satu struck up a conversation with a lovely couple on the other side of the fountain. Suddenly, I had a curious sensation of heat on my back. That was followed by the realization that hot was accompanied by wet which was immediately followed by the understanding that I had just been peed on. I turned around, fully expecting to see that troublesome pug that had been hanging around looking up at me with guilty pug eyes. Instead I saw Gimmie put his leg down and trot off like this was his usual thing.
I was stunned and I looked over at Satu to see if she was going to snatch him up, but she and her new friends were all doubled over laughing. When she could manage, she threw a finger out toward where Gimmie was ignoring her "Ahhhahaha, N-no. ha ha. bad dog. hmm ha ha hmmmm," she wheezed.

Little pisser doesn't even feel bad about it

On our second trip to the dog park, the water was off. There were a few dogs there with their people, but it was too hot  to stick around long without water. Sassy spent a few minutes carrying a ball around and then found the only water in the park. It was a muddy little puddle in the shade. I expected her to drink from the puddle, but my sweet girl, who wouldn't go near the clean fountain water when it was on, laid down in the mud like a pig. Other dogs came over and sniffed her and wandered off. She just looked at me blissfully from her puddle.
We're so proud.