We’ve been wanting to go camping for awhile now, but it seems that each time the weather has plagued us until last weekend. In another bout of good luck, we were asked to petsit Whiskey’s sister (different, younger litter) Sophie over the same weekend. It was the perfect opportunity to take them out of the city so they could be off leash the whole time, and we wouldn’t need to worry about the house being torn to pieces (they had already begun before we left). At first Whiskey was pretty protective of her humans and home, but soon the two became best friends taking turns to initiate play and games.
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| two dogs and two humans with one queen bed |
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| playing non-stop |
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| Sometimes they can stop for treats |
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| I have no idea what happened |
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| I hear we are going places… |
Meeting up with a couple friends, we braved the rough forest road to Jones Lake and secured a really nice spot next to the mud flats covered with stumps and roots. The road was pretty busy with 4x4s and atvs and the muddy/sandy flats proved irresistible to those who liked to go “vroom vroom”. This ended up as free entertainment, for each day a truck got stuck and we would watch as they tried really hard to get stuck even further before a nice local would then help them out (he did 3 this week).
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| Jones Lake |
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| Hmmm not too bad! |
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| First look at their playground |
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| Not so clean dog |
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| Is this really sleeping in my tent tonight? |
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| Sisters having fun |
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| Truck #2 stuck |
As hard going as it was for trucks and humans (many times we sank pretty deep), the dogs were just in heaven and ran their little butts off. Whiskey demanded sticks thrown, even swam a little, and Sophie basked in the sun on the sand. We were lucky enough to have access to a blow up paddle board that Whiskey rode (not too happily), and of course we brought out the drone for a couple shots. Both dogs got super muddy but thanks to their fur, it magically disappeared before nighttime.
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| Sophie gets her model moment |
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| dino attack! |
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| zoom zoom! |
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| Beautiful when free |
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| Sophie running away with the stick |
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| paddleboard with swimming Whiskey |
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| Kisses on the water |
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| Take me back to land! |
Dinner was shared (the dogs preferred each other’s food of course) and with lots of leftovers, the pups were more than happy to be the clean-up crew. I couldn’t believe how much energy they had as they played until it got dark and then fell asleep in front of the fire, only to wake up and bark at anyone passing by to go to the toilets (Whiskey is more protective). Of course since they are softies we brought loads of blankets and the pita bed so they were extra comfy.
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| Warming up by the fire |
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| Feed me your dinner |
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| Beggars! |
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| Clean up crew |
Sleeping was a bit difficult with a 3 person backpack tent (larger tent is on the wish list) but we managed. Sophie slept in the pita bed and Whiskey alternated who’s sleeping bag she would crawl into.
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| Sunrise and Whiskey wants out |
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| Lets go Lets go! |
The next door, the dogs ran and played until afternoon when we packed everything up. At some point, I threw the dogs into the car for a time-out just so they could be forced to rest for 20 mins.
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| I have no idea why humans are so slow! |
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| sharing |
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| Checking out her domain |
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| Sophie loves it here |
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| Play play play |
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| Sophie rests on the sand while Whiskey keeps going |
The drive back into the city was quiet with two very sleepy puppies although as soon as we got back home, play started all over again!
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| Sisters |
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| Loving these two! |
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