I wish the winter will be like this forever, sunny, pretty sky and no harsh wind.

Today I walked Joi, Molly, Dooley, Alice and Gulliver.

Joi was energetic and carrying a big smile on her face as usual. One of the senior volunteers told me that she got Joi from Fairfax County by a giving up owner since Joi was too active. Poor little thing. We ran along 2 trails and I let her off the leash for about 10 minutes. I think she didn't walk at all.

Molly was rough today. Maybe she got used to the shelter environment where dogs bark all the time. She barked back without hesitant. She ran and pulled a lot but there were many times that she decided to walk side by side and stayed close to me. I also walked her along 2 trails and let her ran around in the play area since she had a lot of energy to spend.

Dooley, a one-year-old chubby and short male beagle, is an independent hunter. He basically ignored me and explored the world on his own. He sniffed everything. He loved going off the trail and went into the unknown. Sometimes he would sniff and lift one of his front paw up like a horse as if he was ready to attack whatever came to him. If there were other dogs around he would stop and looked at them quietly from a far. He didn't run, play or bark at all. (Lucky me. After running with Joi and Molly I was totally out of breath.)

Alice was more active than last week. She ran a lot this afternoon and didn't show any fear going after other dogs. But to me she was more playful and more friendly. Quite often she looked up at me and then smiled or slightly jumped up and down when I bent down to talk to her.

Gulliver, a medium-size black doggie with brown eyes, was waiting patiently when I tried to figure out which dog would be my next walk since Mickie and Deuce were already walked. I had to say he was a very quick minded dog. (I hope I use the right word.) He often ran full speed, then suddenly stopped and turn around to sniff something. So there were a lot of running with unexpected stops with him. We ran into each other a couple times. While we were in a play area, there was a family of 6 came in to greet him. He behaved nicely, wagged his tail, sniffed at everyone hand and smiled (or panted I wasn't sure).

There were at least 4 families coming to the shelter office to adopt a dog today. One of them was with Joi at the time I left. I hope she is adopted and finally has a home again.

FOHA official website.

Oh man, I am totally tired and my legs are sore. I need a nap!

Until next time.