Dog park, dog park, dog park! I got to go to the dog park! Yesterday Grant, Bridget and I packed up a pup named Dex and headed out for an adventure! (If you have no ideas yet reread the first sentence of the post.) You guessed it; we ended up at the dog park! If you even say the words dog park in my house his ears come to full attention, he stops whatever he is doing and promptly stares at you awaiting the let’s go bye bye that follows.
Our first stop was Goodison Cider Mill for some fresh confining sugar donuts and cold cider. I love it here. It’s about fifteen minutes away, they are dog friendly and they have fresh squeezed Apple Cider. It doesn’t get any better. We all had some donuts (even Dex managed to get a few nibbles in.) On Sunday’s they try to encourage more business so they make it a family fun time. There was a man there making balloon animals and a live band. We were able to sit in their big free tent and just enjoy our brunch.
Then our next stop was the Orion Oaks Dog Park. I think this might be Dex’s favorite place on earth. He gets to get off his leash and just romp around. He loves chasing a ball (sometimes he will bring it back and sometimes you get to bring it back. It’s sorta like Russian roulette as to who brings the ball back; no one knows…)
So Dex is about 20 pounds and a pretty small pup (don’t underestimate him though since he’s all muscle and if he get you on the back of the knees you’re going down and the lick attack will begin) but he has no fears. He’ll run up to the big dogs and chase them around. He’s even been known to get on his back legs and go full Rocky; boxing the whole time.
Today although he played with other dogs a little bit he mostly just wanted to run after the ball that Grant or I happily kicked/threw for him. At one point we stood on opposite sides and tries to kick it back and forth playing slight keep away from Dex, but he’s just too clever and caught the ball every time.
Then when he ran for a while he would just flop down on the grass under the tree where we were sitting at and lounge around cooling down. As soon as you think maybe he’s ready to go home he gets another burst of energy and he starts running around again. He did finally get himself all worn out and at that point we proceeded to the car. As soon as he was situated he fell asleep for our drive over to Culver’s.
When we went through the drive through he magically woke up in time for a puppy treat! I really do love how well they treat dogs at the Culver’s restaurant.
After devouring his treat he fell back asleep until we got home where he’s proceed to nap the day away. The dog park sure tires my little babe out! (I’m not gonna lie; it’s a family favorite activity not just a Dex favorite. Bridget was even the one who suggested it today.)
Okay, full disclosure here. As soon as we finished eating there might’ve been some post fun in the sun napping to be had in our house. Dex didn’t even make it to bed choosing to sleep on the couch before eventually moving his tired puppy booty to bed.
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