tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post8320362003389844648..comments2024-01-08T01:20:20.736-07:00Comments on Days of Speed and Slowtime Mondays: Hills BabyElaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-85870517180559370142007-04-02T15:39:00.000-06:002007-04-02T15:39:00.000-06:00Right, same thing in San Jose, but even more so--a...Right, same thing in San Jose, but even more so--and even rainy days are usually NOT rainy for a good portion of the day, although the ground might still be soggy.<BR/><BR/>And there are leash laws here, too, so we're all technically lawbreakers. But my theory is that if no one complains, they'll mostly leave us alone. Except for some places that go way over the top. I used to live in Campbell, just up the road, where they didn't allow dogs in their parks *at all*. So although I had a park across the street, if I tried even so much as some heelwork on leash for obedience training, I'd get a security guy coming across the lawn at me within about 3 minutes telling me to go away.<BR/><BR/>-ellenElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-68625977252427947312007-04-02T12:13:00.000-06:002007-04-02T12:13:00.000-06:00We get something like 300 days of sunshine a year ...We get something like 300 days of sunshine a year so whenever it's so much as cloudy the whole town shuts down. I'm from Chicago so I'll go out in just about anything.<BR/><BR/>There are lots of trails around that allow dogs off leash but none within walking distance so I'm sometimes breakin' the law, letting the dogs run in the park if I don't feel like driving somewhere.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-42081000155328692682007-04-01T22:18:00.000-06:002007-04-01T22:18:00.000-06:00This first paragraph gave me a good laugh to end m...This first paragraph gave me a good laugh to end my day.<BR/><BR/>Rainy days and being out and about--it's so hard to find places here where dogs can be off-leash. We dog owners tend to be sneaks about it and just do it when/where we think people won't notice or complain. There's one large suburban park with a hill and a little trail that many dog owners take off-leash advantage of--and many joggers and strollers, as well. I get to where I just want to avoid ALL of them. So on drizzly mornings, I'll dash out of bed, toss the dogs in the car, drive over to the park, and slosh around the field with the frisbee and the dogs and splorch across the hill a couple of times, because I can do it without encountering any other wussy Californians who don't want to get a little damp, and all I have to pay for it is drying out my shoes and jacket (and dogs) afterwards. <BR/><BR/>-ellenElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.com