#but nonetheless it was very a successful day of dogling

[bluemoonrabbit]

Today I went to my favorite off-leash park for some dogling. I like this dog park because although it's open to the forest trails and park beyond, it's still kind of enclosed into a big bowl shape with benches around the perimeter. It basically funnels the dogs right to you if you sit down, so there is a higher rate of doggo interactions than other parks.

Some dogs from today:

- A large white great pyranees who was the first to trot over to me. She presented me with her big fluffy butt, which I gladly scratched.

- A brown pitbull with a sparkly rhinestone collar who decided I was who she was going to hang out with when the other dogs played a little too rough. She was so sweet.

- Finn, a big white goldendoodle who for some reason made a beeline for me as soon as he arrived. He leaned his whole body against me for a long time and let me give him lots of hugs.

- Hazel and Arthur: Smol and tol pibble duo. Arthur was incredibly outgoing with a big ol' blockhead which he shoved into my lap, whereas Hazel was a pocket pittie who greeted me with very gentle little sniffs.

- Dug (short for Duglas): Long-low chihuahua mix who had the vibe of a long-suffering middle manager. Trotted around after the larger and younger dogs letting them know how he felt about their shenanigans.

- Sandwich the black lab: Was too busy playing for me to say hi, but c'mon, Sandwich?

#thank you dogs of mt tabor park #you heal my soul #I did not see my very good friend Ripley the pit #but nonetheless it was very a successful day of dogling #My rule for myself so as not to be a creeper at the dog park #is that I must let the dogs come to me #and that I will give them a few pets before encouraging them to go play #which means that some days I don't really get to pet any because they don't come over #or they'll sniff but not want to hang out #today pretty much everyone but Sandwich at least cane to say hi! #and multiple dogs decided to chill with me in between bouts of playing #a perfect day #I love that about dogs #they're just so loving and happy #that they'd choose to hang out with a perfect stranger #even with their humans and other dogs all around