Doggie Dash

Today I took Annabelle to a Doggie Dash. It was sponsored by Pet Supplies Plus to benefit the Animal Rescue League of Berks County. They held it down in Nolde Forest State Park near Reading. It wasn't a bad drive. My brother Matt and his dog Penny came along too. We signed up for the 2 mile walk. The trails were very nice and it was a beautiful day! There were all kinds of dogs there. I thought it was going to be mostly sporty dogs but there was everything from an English Mastiff to a little Chihuahua! I forgot to take pictures at the event, but here is one of Annabelle in her new "race t-shirt"! (they were included in our goodie bags... along with a ton of free dog food samples). Annie did pretty well with the distance. They divided the walkers and the runners into different courses but somehow the walkers took a wrong turn and only ended up doing about 1/2 mile so we decided to go on the runners course (they were long gone by that point) and I think it ended up being a little further than 2 miles...maybe even a 5K. I ended up having to carry Annabelle for only about 5 min toward the end, but I was really proud of her! Poor little Gus had to stay at home, he would never have made it the whole way. I felt so bad leaving him though! Overall it was a really fun event... I'm going to try to find some more like it to take her on and maybe some shorter ones that Gus can partake in as well!