By Sheba Keefe
Mom is letting me write about the fun adventure I had this past Sunday! Our local humane society, the Upper Valley Humane Society, was having their annual fundraising Walk-a-Thon, and this is the first year we have been able to go! Mom collected some donations. Dogs are welcome on the walk, and Mom had to decide who she could take with her. You could do a 1 mile or a 4 mile walk, but Mom and Aunt Lynn, who was going too, really wanted to do the 4 mile walk. That meant they couldn’t take Kobi, who usually gets to go to these things because he is the most social. Kobi is getting older and long walks are getting harder on him. Cricket and Moses are pretty shy and timid, and Mom was afraid they couldn’t handle the crowds. I am a little shy and timid too, but not as much as them. I had done another fundraiser walk last year with Kobi and I did pretty well. So I am the one who got to go!
It started at 11am and was held a couple towns over from where we live. I was a little bit nervous. I don’t like riding in the car so I just lay in the back (Mom puts the seats down for me) and hold on for dear life (hee hee). When we got there and Mom got me out of the car, I wasn’t sure where we were! At least it wasn’t the vet’s office….phew! I had never been here before and it was kind of in the city (well, as city as it gets in our area). We walked over to the park where everything was starting. There were lots of people and dogs, and all kinds of booths sat up. Me and Mom sat on the park bench for a few minutes, so I could get comfortable, and waited for Aunt Lynn to meet us. We were a few minutes early so then we walked around to some of the booths and people liked me and petted me! They were selling dog treats and had demonstrations and information on all kinds of dog related things. They tried to give me some free samples of treats but I was a little too nervous to eat anything right then.
Then I saw Aunt Lynn! She still had to register so we walked around some more while waiting for her, then we got started on the walk. The walk was on the rail trail, which is a great recreation path that runs through a lot of the towns in our area. Here are photos of some of the highlights of our walk:
And we were able to go swimming!! My favorite thing!! Lots of people took their dogs down to the river to cool off:
We didn’t stop here:
Nope, we went all the way to the end!!
There were several water stations on the way, with water for dogs and humans. Sometimes there was even a waiting line for us dogs!
There were dogs of all shapes and sizes:
Even some beagles, and one looked like Kobi!
I made special friends with this handsome Husky. I kept passing him on the walking trail! I think he liked me!
Once we got back from the walk they had a very nice lunch for the humans. We got to sit on the grass and have a picnic. I ate some treats then and got lots of drinks of water from all the bowls they had around (I refused to drink on the walking trail, I didn’t want to look like a wimp, hee hee, but Mommy wasn’t happy with me!)
We hung around for a little while. Mom and Aunty Lynn took some pictures and talked to some people. We took a walk around the booths and then we headed home. It was a fun day….I like doing fundraising to help out other dogs!
We are joining up with the FitDog Friday blog hop hosted by SlimDoggy, Peggy’s Pet Place, and To Dog With Love!
This hop is all about getting fit with your dogs. Getting and staying fit can be FUN!
Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog and saying hello. This walk looks like it was a blast and you made so many new friends– that husky is pretty handsome!!
You’re in Ks!!! We are just straight north of you! Stay safe there in tornado alley.
You’re welcome, we hope to stop by and see you more often! It was such a fun walk, I hope we get to see that husky again sometime. hee hee! No, we are not in KS, we are in NH. Thank goodness….Mom is a big chicken and she would be scared to death of any tornadoes! Lubs, Sheba
oops, I thought I saw something that said KS. 🙂 Maybe I just need new glasses!!!
Sounds like something I would do too! 🙂
What a nice walk that was with so many new friends to meet…looks like you had a really good time
It was fun seeing all the different dogs….we didn’t see any GeoDogs though, wish we had! 🙂
What a fun day!!! Glad u enjoyed it!
It sure was, thank you!!
Looks like a great walk – lots of dogs and people and nature – that’s the best. We love walking over bridges and watching the water – we retrievers love the water right? Thanks for sharing – this is a good post for our FitDog Friday Blog Hop – you should join up tomorrow!
It really was the best! Yes, we retrievers sure do love the water!! Thanks, we will join up for FitDog Friday tomorrow, can’t believe we didn’t think of that! 🙂
It looks like a beautiful walk! I bet you got to have lots and lots of fun.
It was a very beautiful walk, and a fun, fun day, thank you, Ann!
Wow, that looks like a fantastic day! Lucky you! 🙂
Thanks, Coralee and Finn! We did feel lucky to have such a great day! 🙂
Cool! I love those kinds of walks…looks like you had a lot of fun and all for a very good cause.
I guess that’s what they call a win-win, huh? Thanks for stopping by Sage….I’d love to play in mud puddles with you….Mom is not as good about that as your Mom is! Woof woof! Luv Sheba
Looks like a fun time. 🙂
Thank you, it sure was!
Wow! That looks like a really fun time! Good for you for helping raise money for humane society – and for completing four miles! I’m tired just looking at the pics! 🙂
It was lots of fun, and it’s always good when you can have fun while also helping others. I think Mom said her legs were pretty tired by the end of it….I actually think she said that when we reached the halfway point! 🙂
Nice write up, Sheba, thanks!! I thoroughly enjoyed the walk as well, and you were such a good girl! Of course everybody loved you (oh, especially, the husky, lol!!), and so glad you got to get in the water and cool off a little, and have some drinks at the end. It was so cool to see all the different dogs, wasn’t it? Compare the size of those Great Danes to those little puppies of whatever kind that was we saw-they weren’t more than 6 or 8 inches long, I swear! Anyway, I heard they raised a pretty good amount of money, so that is great, every little bit will help out hopefully so many animals.
Thanks for coming with us, Aunt Lynn, and for helping Mom out with me! We are glad to hear that they raised a lot of money to help the animals. Huggies & licks, Sheba
OMD that is super cool and pawesome for being able to go and do the whole four miles!!! I hope you raised a lot of monies!
I don’t know about the monies part, Finn, but I do know Mom raised enough so they gave her a nice t-shirt and backpack that she is wearing in the pictures! I was pretty proud of us doing the whole 4 miles and it was kinda hot out too! Love, Sheba
What a beautiful place for a walk and it looks like perfect weather too! Glad you had fun!
Thanks, Emma! It was supposed to be kind of cloudy and rainy that day, but it turned out beautiful! It didn’t rain until later in the day after we were home.