Ortega Park

Cartman and I set out to visit Ortega park this afternoo, against our vet's "no walk this weekend" advice. He was getting bored in the house too much, staying his pencil-on-the-floor pose all day, looking at me with his can-we-play? expression in his eyes. I cannot ignore him. So, off we went: a printed map for us, a bottle water for him, a hat for me, the bag/paper towel for him.

Floyd Ave, then Dunhome Way, there is the stockmair elementery school and the park.

We met a 3 years old poodle, petite, female. She was hostile, after Cartman greeted her, she started the fight with him, roaring. "Is it because our poor Cartman just lost his charm, somehow she could tell?" Her owner and I stopped a fight, and went separated ways.

Then, another white dog walked by a couple of kids. That was a boy too, I think he was a bichon too because they looked very similar, but definitely smaller than my 5 month puppy (Cartman is a HUGE bichon, for his age. He is bigger than most adult bichon now, at 5 month. BTW, I LOVE big dogs.). Cartman and  he didn't get along very well either, the small dog initiated the fight with Cartman. The kids carried their dog and ran away. Cartman was fixated to the spot and want to follow them, but he was better than the other guy, who was barking, waving his paws and wanting to jump off and crashing into our direction.

I was impressed, Cartman was not the more aggissive one when two dogs met. :)

The park was small, full of people, kids. Two little girls greeted Cartman with such excitement, Cartman jumped away, which was also a first for him, usually he was the one jumped TO the kids. But, there was a thing with kids. After they patted Cartman and praised him his cuteness, they spotted another black doggie in the way, "Oh, there is another doggie coming", they just flew away to shower the new doggie with their attention. Well, Cartman still has me.

Our small adventure turned out to be successful one. Now we are back at home, Cartman went back to his pencil-on-floor pose, but happily sleeping. Is he dreaming all the chickens?