Cooler day, cool dogs!

Today was cooler which was actually a pleasant respite...except a small amount of rain meant the bugs were insane! So hoody up and off we went! Today we had Ever bear, Skipper, Kayla, Sadie and our new best friend Cassius! Cassius is a Husky x Shep and 100% gorgeous and SUCH a good boy!!! It's unreal, he comes the minute you think about calling him and sits nicely, plays nicely and loads nicely in the truck. 10/10 Cassius! We did not climb so high today, Ever and Kayla respectively need a break now and then, so we wound round lower elevation trails, with Skip being the party planner and everyone else providing the relaxed but high energy vibe! It was so funny, I laughed my head off many times today...I could totally use a helmet cam set-up to record the hikes, it would make Hollywood I swear! Dogs are so naturally fun-loving, and super cool to hang out with. Smiling like a goof as I type! Lets see the shots:

Pleased to meet you Cassius! He is beautiful!!!

It started with a sniff, pee, and a mosey about

Then into the forests we go - noses to the ground and tails up!

then Skip started playing about and everyone joined in, they were hilarious! It even got to the point where Skip hid under a fallen tree root system and popped out every now and then to the delight of all of us - he was litereally playing peek-a-boo! Laughing as I type.. ha haha ha!

Boo! He scares Ever! He kept popping in and out like a Cuckoo clock...(I now have tears streaming down my face at the memory...!) So funny! They LOVED it and so did I. 

...still goofing about, this time in mock squirrel chase - I got them all riled up with 'Where IS it? Where IS the squirrel!!?' Ha - was awesome!

Love this shot, very dramatic looking, Cassius, Skip and Kayla wait for me, Sadie-Sue and Ever to catch up.

Into the green again - the Devil's Club is lovely to look at - just don't touch it! I love this section of the trail, I keep wanting to make 'rainforest  Planet Earth style bird noises' "OoooooAAAAAooo!" The dogs and I were a tight posse again today - and it was fun to race round the trails as one. So stoked this is my job, thanks to all of you for making this happen!!!

The sun came out, and this time it was a real squirrel yelling at us from it's tree!

Moseying back to the road...all pretty tired by now, Ever was panting at my heel and the others were tail down, in a line trotting...the sign of a good hike!

Today's crew Ever, Skipper, Kayla, Sadie and Cassius...dear doggies!

And chilling in the truck before home - Ever leapt in first of course and sat there grinning! We had treats and a cuddle then set off for home. See ya next hike, ArooooOOOOOOooOOOOO!