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Join me as we have fun with our dogs, and then paddle along with the Dog Paddlers—a dragon boat team in Victoria, Canada. You'll meet my Silky Terriers—Abby, Zack, Sami and Gemma—and their feline sister, Bridget. Share with us the joys and challenges of strengthening the human-canine bond as we participate with our dogs in canine agility, trailwalks and canine freestyle.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

AQUADOGS

Today we headed out on a new trail for the Trailblazers: the Ed Nixon Trail in Langford. The trail parallels the shore of Langford Lake. Of course there was an opportunity for the dogs to swim...some more willingly than others. Abby and Zack still haven't made the decision that swimming is something they would like to try, but pretty much every other dog took the plunge.

The trail is nice and level, and for the most part passes through cool forest. Several lengths of boardwalk brought us out into the sunlight. The marshlands were a nice contrast to the rest of the trail. In the distance, you could hear the traffic on the TransCanada Highway, but it seemed a world away from where we were. We met very few other people on the trail, a nice change from some of our other Trailblazing destinations.

To see some of the aquatic dogs in action, go to my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26205675@N07/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Everytime you post it makes me want to drop everything and Move West, get a dog, and start paddling! This trail looks like my kind of fun :)

Thanks for posting!
Cousin-in-the-East, bogged down with the last week of school and online AQ course work...sigh...