Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dog day afternoon

As you may, or may not, know Riley and I live near a dog park of sorts.  It is basically a decent size of grassed in area by the water where the neighborhood dog owners & their canines come to hang out after work for some off-leash play.  Unfortunately I never get to go off leash because my mom does not have faith that I will come back after getting the scent of a rat or a goose or a duck or a chicken bone or...well, you get the picture.  Occasionally Riley gets to go off leash and play, however.

The other day mom decided to bring her camera to the park to take some pictures of our dog friends.  Above is a picture of "Dash" (his full name is Dashel but I don't know how to properly spell it).  He is a French Bulldog (aka "Frenchie") that lives about 5 doors down from us - I think he is very handsome.

Here are some other pics of our friends:

Triple threat or Three dog night?
One happy Wheaton!  My mom said that it was very difficult to get a pic of this dog because he would rather sit in her lap than have his photo taken:
Double trouble puggles!
This is Ainsley...she is also a neighbor.  We never get to say hello to eachother because I just want to howl at her - I hate to admit it but I am jealous of her beauty.
I don't remember the name of this handsome fellow but I know that he was rescued.  He is such a lucky boy!
Another handsome canine friend:
This is a cutie pie smiling for the camera - isn't she bootiful?!
Another smiley girl:
And another handsome boy resting in the afternoon sun:
Unfortunately, the playtime photo session got cut short because Riley decided to go for a beverage with the stylish "apres-work" crowd.  Mom had to go fetch him from the center of this crowd.  When she finally caught up with him she found him trying to order a pawtini from a cocktail server - he was trying to explain that in dog years nine years old IS legal...

12 comments:

Deetz said...

Riley should have gotten a pawtini and mengled with the crowd. It was so nice to see your park friends. That one in the last photo, is big and scary! I bet he is a good guard doggie.
Deetz

Mr. T-Bone Beasley said...

Ooooo Toffee! That look like so much fun! I can't believe you got other four legged humans to hold still long enough to get pictures!!!!

We have you all signed up for the International Goody Exchange! Stay posted on Sunday we will be posting the list!

Slurp!
Mr. T-Bone Beasley

Eric said...

Toffee,so many playmates . . and you are of course far more bootiful than Ainsley :) Riley is a bit of a boy isn't he?!

Wags n wags,
Eric

Tell your Momi my Momi loved the poem she wrote the other day for Asta.

Niamh said...

Toffee,

It looks like you and Riley have lots of nice friends to play with. And I think that you are much cutter than a puggle-you have such nice markings.

Your friend,
Niamh

Lizzy said...

I bet you had a BLAST at the dog park, Toffee! Man, you have a lot of very cool friends! I love all the smiley pictures.

Sparky

Lorenza said...

Hi, Toffee!
Sure you have a nice park near to your house! It must be very nice to meet all those friends!
Sounds like Riley was happy too!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza

Amber-Mae said...

Wow, nice dog park & looks like you met alot of friends there! hope you had fun.

Love licks,
Solid Gold Dancer

i said...

Ooh Pawtini...naughty naughty... Psst...can I have one too?

Great pictures. You sure have a lot of friendly and lovely dogs at your park.

Have a great weekend!

Girl Girl Hamster said...

That's alot of doggies to play with. :)

~ Girl girl

Agatha and Archie said...

Ha Ha Ha !!!! Going for a pawtini!!(bet they are expensive there) Doesn't he carry his ID along with him for moments like that?? Those look a great kids...Love A+A

Two Schnauzers from New England said...

Hi, Toffee -

Thanks for stopping by our blog. That is a huge park. We thought we knew a lot of doggies but you really know a lot of doggies.

Have a Great Memorial Day.

Love -

Hershey and Kaci

Myeo said...

Woo Hoo! You met so many friend there.

Love
Boy n Baby

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