First Time at the Dog Park

Last week Hadley had a puppy play date at the dog park! We met my fried Joe and his one-year-old dog Willow. At first Hadley was nervous (so was I). She loves other dogs but she had never been around so many at once. When we stepped out of the car a couple of them were barking at her. I think that made her nervous. She isn't a barker.

Once she got inside the fence and was off-leash she started playing and had the time of her life. That was the first time she had ever been off-leash outside before and I could tell she was enjoying the freedom.

Joe's dog Willow was so cute and her and Hadley played nicely together. The other dogs there weren't as good as Willow. One was a Great Dane and he started to get a little too excited so his owner decided to go home. There was also a Pitbull mix there that was playing nicely with Hadley but then he started getting a little aggressive and Hads got scared and started yelping. His owner and him left pretty soon afterward.

After that Joe, Willow, Hadley and I had the whole dog park to ourselves. She ran around a lot and chased Willow. Joe threw a tennis ball for Hads and instead of skidding to stop like a normal dog, she stopped her front paws and her back paws went into the air and she did a hand-stand. It was so funny and so cute!

Hadley really had a great time and there will definitely be more dog park play dates with Willow!

Heres a picture of Hadley, Willow and Joe at the park.