Cara’s first hike July 9, 2009

Yesterday, Chris took Cara to Williams Canyon for her first real trail day.  It turns out she hikes really well when there aren’t any other people around to distract her!

Cara likes to jump up on things for a better view

We spent 2.5 hours on the trail, and walked approximately the same number of miles.  She seemed to have a really great time exploring everything.

Cara walking like a good girl

We saw 3 other people and 2 other puppies.  Cara greeted them nicely and even seemed to want to play with a 1-year-old puppy.  Later, Cara dug her first big hole and got all dirty.

Sitting happily in her hole

Eventually, we sat down and had a quick lunch, then headed back home.  We only walked about half of the trail, but I didn’t want to over-do it!  On the way back we climbed up to a small cave I saw earlier.

Cara didn't want to leave the nice, cool cave

After that, we made our way back to the Jeep.  Cara is going to be a fantastic hiking partner!  All we have to do is work our way up to 6-mile trails (Chris’ typical length for a hike) 

Meet Cara! July 5, 2009

Aka: Cara-bou, Cara-Bear, Cara-biner, etc, etc   She is a 14 week old (mostly) Australian Shepard.

Hi!!

She was adopted one week ago from the Fremont County Humane Society, and even though you wouldnt know it now, she was super shy when we first brought her home. The people at the shelter said that they didnt think that she had been abused, just not socialized. She’s still a little unsure in new situations, but she’ll let anybody pet her, and she seems to love to go hiking!

She’s also very friendly with other dogs, not aggressive at all, and has been *pretty* good with the cats so far. Even though Dusty and Lilly don’t seem to care for her. Dusty has been much more accepting. We got a gate for the door to the office, which really only kind-of works right now, because our big puppy can easily fit herself through the tiny door.

We had to try to make the cat-door smaller, since our dog apparently has no bones...

Cara also likes to go for car rides!

And playing dress-up!

Eve 6 T-Shirt and headphones. Rock on Puppy!

And even though there are lots of cozy cushy things to sleep on, her favorite bed seems to be the bricks in front of the fireplace…

Lazy dog!

As you can see, its been a busy week, but we couldn’t be happier. Cara is wonderful, mellow, and sweet. Puppy kindergarten starts next week, the ultimate goal being the Canine Good Citizen Award!

See you later!