This afternoon

Pikey, Murphy, Relay and I walked on the Dunn Trail to the Graham trail at Redwood Park today. These three love to play and romp together. Relay is on leash as his recall isn't in place, and Pikey is on leash because she doesn't have her microchip or any sort of manners at all. But we love her just the same. This group has room for three more small dogs. To learn more about Karin Cornwall and Little Paws Big Adventures, please visit our website at: www.LPBA.net

october

October finds all of us here at Little Paws Big Adventures quite hot and dusty. We're looking forward to the rains and the mud and all of the many layers of fur and rubber, fog hanging on tree branches and wet pinecones.

We have space for three to four small dogs in each of our afternoon trail groups, Mon-Fri as well as lots of space for individual neighborhood walks. To learn more about our services, and the neighborhoods we work in, please visit our website: www.LPBA.net

Catching up

Well here I am. It's been quite a while since my last post, but I've got pictures of everyone here over the past few weeks. Gizmo is a 17yr old poodle chihuahua mix. He's a temporary walking client for the month of September. His dad, Pete has been keeping me well fed, with ground lamb and different kinds of fruit grown by one of his friends. Blue absolutely loves the ocean and turns into a puppy as soon as she enters the water. Parker found a ball to play fetch with and chased blue around in the surf. Pace is back with us, walking tuesdays and thursdays. He's so much fun and does well moderating play between other dogs.
Relay had us quite scared when he took off off leash on one of his walks. So he's back on leash and on street walks. Here he is walking with Pace around his neighborhood.

Little Paws Big Adventures has a few open spaces in our group walks Monday through Friday. Please visit us on the web to learn more: www.LPBA.net

August at a glance

Well it's still hot, so we here at Little Paws' Big Adventures, are taking lots of water breaks and making sure to walk in the shade. We're seeking out trails with year round running water that the little dogs can splash and play in. Murphy enjoys chewing sticks and pine cones when we take breaks on our hikes. Relay loves standing on my lap, with his head just under my chin. Blue stakes out the shadiest spot available and plops down with a smile on her face. Parker is ever up for a game of fetch, and will run ahead on the trail and flop in the middle of the trail waiting for the rest of us to catch up.

Catching up

Well, a lot has happened since I last posted. Relay has become a regular Mon, Wed hiking buddy with Murphy and Blue. We've had lots of interested little dogs contact us about joining our play groups. Here are some pictures from the past few weeks. Murphy is a love as always. Blue loves her newest companion, Relay. And relay is psyched to be out with other canines. He loves to play and run about.

Little Paws' Big Adventures has about 3 spots available in every afternoon hiking group, Mon - Friday. To learn more about us, visit us on the web at www.LPBA.net

Welcome Relay!

We have a new friend! Relay has joined Little Paws Big Adventures. Relay's getting twice daily neighborhood walks while he recovers from kennel cough and his stitches heal from his recent neutering surgery. In a couple of weeks he'll join Murphy and Blue in their afternoon hiking group. Relay is an Italian Greyhound.




In other new news, Parker, Blue, and I found a new quiet trail that has water running on it year round. We're very excited about this new shady trail. We didn't meet any other people, dogs, bikes, horses, or anything larger than a lizard on our hike yesterday. And the trail is good cardio workout for me.

Are you coming?

You can clearly see this question in Murphy's face as we descended the hill on our hike this afternoon. Bandit, Murphy, and I went to a remote trail near Redwood Park, that's actually in Chabot Park in Oakland today for our walk. It's a quiet trail; no one else was on it, so Bandit got to be muzzle-free. The trail is quite steep so we all got a good workout. The up side of all the smoke in the air these days is that the whole day is spent in a kind of "magic-hour" twilight. Life seems so miraculous in this quality of light... The sticky monkey flowers are blooming and the rattle snake grass is dried. All in all it was a good day.

We have room in our Wednesday walking group for 4 more small dogs. Bandit and Murphy would love the company of more playmates. To learn more about Little Paws Big Adventures services visit: www.LPBA.com