Another "Normal" Day at the Dog Park in Southern California

Nick and I were having a nice old time at the dog park the other day when a man we've seen there once or twice came over to chat. We've never talked to him in any depth before - I don't think we've even introduced ourselves - basically, we just recognize him and say 'hi.'

Here's a quick description:

He's a short, very stout man. He wears glasses and a button-up shirt tucked into dress pants. He has a bluetooth earpiece that he sometimes talks on. Nick is fairly sure that he is a retired corrections or police officer.

The man has beautiful dogs and I commented on how pretty they were. Then, out of the blue, as if talking about where to find good frozen yogurt or something equally mundane, he says, 'She's on the cover of a movie...Transexual Dog Walkers...you should google it.'

What? Did I hear that correctly? Yes, I did...apparently she is on the cover of "Transexual Dog Walkers."

A few days later I brought up this weird interaction again and Nick and I started talking about it. I thought the man (whose name we still don't know by the way) said...

'She's on the cover of "A" movie.'

But Nick is convinced that he said...

'She's on the cover of "ONE OF MY" movies.'

Wait..what's that again? Now, not only is this stranger nonchallantly telling us that his dog is on the cover of a transexual porn movie, but there is potential that he either directs or stars in transexual porno. Well, after that, we googled. If you dare, click here... We didn't go so far as to actually watch the movie and I think we're both happy with that decision.

Poor Pathetic Puppy

So, today we noticed that Teddy's foot was a little inflamed. He always has licked his toes since we got him, but today it was a little worse and his pad looked kind of dry. So, he went on a trip to see his new vet. Apparently he has a lot of bacteria on his feet (probably from his licking) so he needs an antibiotic. Plus, the reason he might be licking in the first place is because of allergies. As a result, Teddy is on two meds (1 antibiotic and 1 antihistamine) and gets to wear around this awesome cone for the next 2 weeks. He went to the dog park today and actually behaved better than normal - probably as a result of the restriction of his neck.

Dang he looks cute...doesn't it look like a little bonnet from behind?

We are so bad at this!

After a VERY long time with no posts I decided I just had to sit down and write something. (It was actually prodding from certain family members that finally made me do it.)

So, we have been training for the Grand Canyon and going on 5-mi hikes whenever we get the chance. I took a 6-7 pound backpack when we went last weekend, which I thought would be no problem, but it really did make a difference! Anyway, here are some pictures of the trail that we've been going on. It's quite beautiful and makes training so easy because we actually look forward to getting out and doing this trail whenever we get the chance.

Teddy goes with us as you will see in the pictures. I thought he seemed more muscular lately and when we took him to the vet he weight 2 Pounds heavier than previously. The vet said it's probably all muscle from the hiking since we haven't changed his diet. So, he's our little Muscle Man now.

Here are the woods you walk through at the beginning (bottom) of the trail:















Here are some of the weird plants growing everywhere:




















There are some nice views of the town from up here:
































The mountains are gorgeous from up here...especially on a somewhat cloudy day like today:














































Just what is Nick doing that close to the edge?!
















Here is Nick taking a rest at the top of the hike:





















Evidence that Teddy is a studly little hiker-dog:








































The most beautiful view - you can see Los Angeles in the distance - it looks like Oz.