Walking north along the river from Hereford Bridge

 After a weekend of 90+F temperatures, it finally cooled down some to take the dogs out on a comfortable walk.  I didn't walk them as a pack over the weekend.  I could tell Sadie and Minnie appreciated the rest. I  met Susan by 8:45am and we walked the river north from the Hereford Bridge.

We hadn't waded here for a few weeks and we wanted to see how it's changed.  Susan also wanted

to get a walk in before the winds picked up.

The water is very shallow here, and the green algae is growing rampantly in the exposed areas.  It's not a very pleasant stretch of the river.  I'd rather walk the well-trodden trail on the west bank. I don't like wading in that algae because of all the water life I'm potentially bothering and also because the algae promotes heat and I don't like the feel of walking in that dense green stuff.

We only walked a mile.  We came across several deer skins that were in the water.  Were these deer killed by hunters, or by big prey? Sadie wanted to chew on a skin despite my pleas to "leave it!" A heron flew agitated to and fro; were we also bothering it?  This was too much excitement  for us, so we turned around at the mile mark to get back to our cars, only to be temporarily inconvenienced by a  group of families out walking their two pet goats. Minnie seemed especially curious about the goats.  It's not often one sees goats out for a walk.

Gretel's right ear is finally lifted and she's developing handsome GSD markings.  She is a gentle soul who has captured Kevin's heart.  Hansi is the faster learner and already grasps "sit!" and "platz!" (lay down.)  Both have their routine  down with their poop and pee and meal times.  I even catch them getting into the crate for a quick, undisturbed nap.  They are a bonded pair, no doubt.  If they didn't have each other to play with, either one would have gotten the shit beaten out of them by the older dogs.

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