An Autumn Walk In The South Field

My old camera was dying and I ordered a new one. As soon as it arrived, I charged the battery and took the dogs out to the south field to try it out:

Happy little Madeline got "caught" on a smell and fell behind the rest of us. The upside of that was watching her hustle to catch up:


They were very excited dogs and didn't seem to remember much from all the "stay close to me" lessons I'd given recently. But they had fun and I got to try the camera as well as give them another "stay close" lesson:

The south field is large and we headed across it for the woods:

With lots of stops along the way to sniff and roll and play:

Clover and Fergus nearly always lead the way, but this time it was mostly Clover:

By this time, Madeline had caught up with us. Well, almost:

We got almost to the woods and then I decided to return home. So I gave a call to the dogs and off we went back the way we'd come:

By this time, the dogs had done enough running to slow them down a bit:

And they found plenty of fascinating smells:

Fergus ran, his ears flopping, while Clover continued to lead the pack. Walking slowly and calmly is not part of her strong points:

One last photo, this one catching Madeline in mid-romp. She looked so happy: