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Dog walk at Downey's Country Inn

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By Donna Littlejohn on November 1, 2009 8:17 AM | | Comments (0) |
Now in its second year, the seasonal dog walks held at Country Inn in Downey are becoming a well-loved tradition. The assisted living facility's activities director Manuel Guevara, a YMCA aerobics and exercise instructor in Lakewood, came up with the idea as a way to get residents out to walk more. It became an immediate hit. 

Saturday's 2009 fall/Halloween walk included between 20 and 30 dogs, with many friends and families of residents -- along with community members -- taking part as well. Cowboy and Tess loved participating as usual. 

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The walk winds its way through the downtown streets of Downey. Some residents take part in wheel chairs or walkers, some wear costumes. 

The dogs sometimes sport costumes as well. This good looking dog at the right was dressed as a bumble bee. 














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That's "Moose," above. He's been a regular at all of the walks so far.

Below, Cowboy gets sniffed by the Bumble Bee. 

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Read previous posts and see photos from past Country Inn dog walks.

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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.

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