Rainy Day Fun

We walk rain or shine! These are some photos from a rainy day about 2 weeks ago. Most of the time we get to hike the full hour, unless of course it's really pouring rain or there is thunder & lightning!

Rukus isn't a big fan of the rain (true to ridgeback style), but tolerates it since he loves his walks.
His sister Rally feels the same, but loves to run, rain or shine.

Fletcher is one happy boy!

Awww...Hank is so cute! Doesn't he look like a little ewok in this photo? Hank doesn't mind the rain one bit.

We saw a coyote up this hill last November-a whole year ago. Fletcher has never forgotten this and always looks for the coyote. Thankfully we haven't seen it again!

GGNRA

Abbey

Kiko & Annie, taking a rest.

Laila, sitting pretty.

playing

Annie chasing Kiko

Ella is watching

Ella, on the run.

Indian Summer!?

I took the dogs up to the Headlands where it is usually nice and cool, but today it was surprisingly hot without a trace of ocean breeze! Pictured below, from left to right are Logan, Ella, Bella with Cora front & center.

Bella watches Logan curiously as he enjoys a good roll.

On the move.

The group demonstrates how we "pull over" to the side of the trail for treats so others can pass by; great job pups!

See you soon!

Elaine

Friday walks

The dogs always LOVE going to the beach! Friday was such a perfect beach day, sunny and warm, and not another soul on the beach. Above is Hank in the lead, followed by Laila and Splash.

Rally couldn't help her excitement, and bounced around running and playing. You can't see her brother, Rukus, but she is trying to get him to join in.


Hank chasing Laila.

Miss Laila certainly adores a beach day!

Our second group brought us to the hills, where Kiko liked rolling around in the grass. What a silly face!

Kiko doing his favorite thing-running! Splash tried to keep up.

Handsome teddy bear Max on the trail.

Mud Wrestling

Today Molly, the little NSDTR on the right, had day care so she and Splash, Jessica's 4mo. old beagle, started the day off with a bout of high energy play wrestling.

Playing chase

Wrestling

Wrestling some more

Sage found a pine cone, Splash thought it was cool.

Michelle muddied up her face and paws to look like a Siamese cat (she knows Halloween is this week).

She got a good cleaning before getting dropped off!

Bye for now!

In Memory of Sanger, 1996 - 2009

Sanger passed away peacefully this evening. She was taken by cancer. She really was "the best dog ever invented" that's what her mom says, we couldn't agree more.

Sanger had so much love to give, she wanted nothing more than everyone around her to be happy, people and dogs alike. Her favorite days were the beach days where she could run like crazy, swim, play fetch and roll around joyfully in the sand.

We will miss her dearly and feel lucky to have had this wonderful girl be part of our lives.

Sanger, running at top speed, fresh from the ocean, about to get someone all wet!

Perfect Day

Gorgeous day in the Marin Headlands last week! Warm & sunny with happy, active dogs. Above Sage is in the lead, followed by Abbey (yellow lab), Annie (black lab mix), and Kiko (Ridgeback). They love a good game of chase on the trail!

Annie & Sage had a game of tug-o-war with a stick. Abbey isn't pictured but she joined in too.

Molly was so quick she is a blur in most of the photos from this walk-she sure likes to run and play non-stop! Here she demonstrates how well she does at her obedience commands-"sit" please!

We're Blogging!

Welcome to the Urban Escapes blog! We put this together as a fun way to share photos and stories from our hikes with our clients. We hope you enjoy seeing a little bit of what your dog does when out on the trails with us. We'll be labeling each post with the names of the dogs that participated that day, so you can easily click on your dog's name on the sidebar and see all of his or her blog mentions.

Feel free to leave comments & enjoy!

Jessica & Elaine