Molly

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Molly

This is my little girl as I say but in reality she is about 75 pounds and not so little.  But she has been the joy of  my life for the last 11 and a half years.  She is what I call a Paws pup as that is where our story started so long ago and yes if does feel just like yesterday that I was picking her up from Paws in Lynwood WA.

The two of us have been though a lot. Moving form house to apartment and then again to the condo where we both live today.  But though it all she was a trooper and always seems to adjust to the new place as if it was just the way it was to be.

The one thing that she loves above all else is to get out and smell the roses or for her what ever else is around.  I really don't walk her and she really doesn't walk me either.  It is more of a give and take.  We have learned to share our time out side no matter the weather.  But put a good smell any where and she is queen and will stop, back track and not budge until she is either content or marks it as hers.

That's my Molly laughing at me again.....

Molly & Merlin @ the dog park!

Now Molly is what is known as an "A" type personality.  That means that she is the leader of the pack most of the time with one exception being me.  She tries to oppose that every once in a while but not as much as she use to.  So our first times out to such places as the off leash area's I have always had to keep a good eye on her.  She has had the knack of getting into a bit of trouble from time to time.  She is not a bad or vicious dog just wants to be the pack leader, so when you get a dog walker with a pack of dogs at the park.  Needless to say it is an opportunity for all kinds of mischief.    So our times at the dog parks  has come to an end to both our disappointment.

So for a long time we just settled for walks around the neighborhood or down at the local park. Then this summer I started mountain biking up the John Wayne Pioneer Train and decided that it was time to dust off my hiking boots and put them back to work once again.  My first couple of Hikes, one to Twin Falls and the other to Wallace Falls Molly stayed home as I was not sure just how well she would do on the trails with other dogs and people.

Have Pack lets go Hiking!!!!

Well the other dogs was my true worry.  Molly loves people and is great with kids.  But guilt got the best of me and I am all the better for it.  My third hike of the summer up to Mirror Lake she got to come along and we had a blast and she did so well I have not left her home since.