Redondo Beach Dog Park -- where it's all about herding the little dogs
Since it was hotter than blazes at San Pedro's small, off-leash dog park over this past weekend, I decided to drive Tess and Cowboy about 15 miles northwest to visit the much larger (and, weatherwise, much, much cooler) Redondo Beach Dog Park. (Not complaining, just sayin')
Cowboy has been keeping his distance from me since I started spraying him for a hot spot that had cropped up by Saturday morning. He hates being sprayed. This only confirms to him that I am up to no good and he has taken to running in the other direction whenever I call him. He clearly has "trust" issues. He is shown here slinking away & making his escape from me when I called to him at the park. Note that he's giving me what is known around my house now as "THE LOOK":
He seemed to like this other person he found at the dog park a lot, though. I suspect he would have happily gone home with her.
As for Tess, she couldn't get enough of herding those pesky little dogs on the other side of the divider fence. She's such a border collie. Here's the girl in focused action below, showing 'em all how it's done:
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
Me too! We got there around 6. Next time ...
We were there yesterday about 4pm, sorry we missed you.