Ah, the joys of early summer: Warm weather and sun, light breezes, shady trees, and rowdy, barking dogs.
Wait, let me back up.
I decided to walk to the lake and back today (an 8 km round trip) and declared the walk back to be exercise, so I timed it on my Garmin. This just generally means I walk without stopping to take photos, admire the scenery, etc. I did all that stuff while walking to the lake.
For the most part, the second leg of the walk was fine, until I got to a group of people on the river trail with three dogs between them. One dog was on leash, the other two were not. All three dogs were kind of large. The two unleashed dogs were running all over the place, making it difficult for anyone else (pedestrian or cyclist) to navigate around them. Then they got even more, uh, unleashed and started circling and snapping at each other (playfully), ignoring everyone and everything else. Several times I had to stop, as they were giving me no way to move forward. One owner kind of waved his hands around, like he was vaguely trying to shepherd his dog. This seemed to have no effect on the dog.
The dogs eventually whirled enough out of my way for me to pass. Both owners had leashes in their hands, but their dogs were obviously too precious to be leashed–except when they get to the end of the trail and return to the sidewalk, where they will immediately leash their dogs because:
- They don’t trust their dogs enough to not run into traffic and care about the dog’s safety.
- But otherwise don’t care about anyone else’s safety with regard to what their dogs–which they already show they don’t trust, per the above point–will do.
Dog owners.
As for the walk, it was fine. Here are some pleasant photos, none of which contain dogs, rowdy or otherwise.
Stats:
Walk 133
Average pace: 9:13/km
Location: Brunette River trail
Distance: 4.02 km
Time: 37:05
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 26°C
Humidity: 42%
Wind: light
BPM: 113
Weight: 167.1 pounds
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255
Total distance to date: 943.03 km
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