It was a lovely day at the off leash dog park for the Lucky Fiona Street Team! True to our "street gang" mentality some of the dogs in our group had official park permits and some wild eyed pooches were there illegally with no pass. Oh, yeah, you heard me right, breaking the forest preserve law, that's how our Street Team rolls. Yes, the gang knows how to walk on the wild side...in style of coarse with their Lucky Fiona Dog Collars and Leashes.
Lily was officially named a gang member and welcomed by the group. Keeping up with her "most perfect dog in the world" routine she ran around like a banshee but always stayed within our sight and would come to us when we called her name. Alex and I wept tears of joy clinging to one another in disbelief and excitement to finally have a setter that comes when called. It took us 14 years of rescuing but apparently God has some rule that when you rescue the 5th setter in your lifetime it will comprehend the recall command in an open space. It was a good day.
Street Team humans enjoyed cider and donut holes as the pooches romped around. Caelan gave us all a chuckle as she showed her bitchy side to any dog that approached our group who was not actually a bonafide member of the gang. "Scary Larry" (a.k.a. Lawrence) was thrilled when a little chihuahua came prancing by making him no longer the smallest dog at the park (alas he was the best dressed as he wore a plaid shirt and sweater to show everybody else what Saturday casual is all about) Dio - free of baby brother Jett for the morning enjoyed some one on one time with his Dogparents and was the epitome of well behaved serenity. EZ-Pass (a.k.a. Trini) showed off her ball retriever skills and generously brought everybody gourmet Halloween dog treats. (thanks Trini!) We also had a visit from Riley and Charlie - the terrific terriers, who we hope can join us for more gatherings now that they are no longer spending weekends at their Lake House in Wisconsin. Fiona you may ask? Well she showed her snout every 30 minutes or so for a drink of water before heading back out to the tall grass and vast acreage of the prairie for bird flushing. Alex decided after 2 and half hours in which we only saw Fiona 3 times to not press our luck and attached a leash to her. A move that Amanda seemed to think bordered on animal abuse. (Amanda apparently has never spent 2 hours looking for a dog at the 27 acre dog park before)
Lily provided some laughter in the parking lot as she hopped into my trunk as I loaded up some bags upon leaving. We assured her that in her happy new home she never will have to ride in the trunk.Thanks to all who joined us today and mark your calendars for November 21st for our next Lucky Fiona Street Team gathering! Details TBA!
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