I woke up to news of Hurricane Laura slamming into the Texas-Louisiana coast as a Cat 4 hurricane just before midnight local time, but then weaking to a Cat 2 once inland and then to a depression. She left a path of destruction as she slowly swirled northeastward. Six people were reported killed.
Susan and I with dogs Allie, Zeke and the two pups did another round of the Brown Canyon Nature Loop, adding a half mile to the distance by walking the entire loop by the ranch house and extending our route along the perimeter fence with Fort Huachuca. It was warm this morning (75F-85F) and the sky clear, but the dogs had just as much fun as the first time. They got to drink from the duck pond and I dunked both dogs in the trough by the ranch house. I can't wait to do this loop when there is water in the drainages.
We met no one on the trail this time. We didn't have to leash the dogs up until we looped back to the big pond, and we both noticed that Gretel DID NOT BARK at two cyclists coming out of the canyon. She and Hansel did pull on the leashes, but neither dog barked! And she was silent when we walked past two women starting out on the hike as we were nearing our cars. I am so happy to see progress with Gretel! She is finally losing her fear of the unknown and showing more confidence. In fact, she is starting to show happiness having me as her mom and we are starting to bond.
There will be many more hikes in our future and the pups will continue to learn good trail etiquette and manners, but today the morning walk warmed me up too much that I made the 3.5 miles this morning my day's total. Both the pups and I were tired when we got home.
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