Boy's day out... with a girl.

On a day beginning with spilled coffee, drama at work, and other mind numbing things, Elliott, Emma, and I decided to go to the park. Instead of our normal trek to Frick... we decided to meet some friends at Mellon Park. There were a lot of people there.. but they weren't as good as the 'Frick' people (you have to be more dedicated as a dog owner to walk the trail to the dog park at Frick... this park was full of lazy yuppies who drove up the 'authorized vehicles only' road to get within 10 feet of the renegade dog area. It's not legal to have your dog off the leash ANYWHERE in this park without the impending worry of the $300 fine and/or 30 days in jail.)

So ANYWHO... we met Josh, Ashley and their dog Maggie for a play session. Emma misbehaved but at least she got exercise. Turns out... days before there was a flower show complete with food stands and the like. The place was a mess. Straw everywhere because of the foot traffic, and smelly puddles of who knows what.. which the dogs LOVED to drink and roll around in. Emma has rolled around in some really smelly things... and THIS had to be one of the worst.

Anyways... here are some pics. I only got one of El... he was pretty disinterested in the whole ordeal and slept it out.

Big El was not very energetic.


Emma and Maggie. They were hard to catch with the lens. This was the best shot I could get.


She's not behaving.. she just wants the turkey bologna I give to her for her treat. Don't let the cute face fool you.








I forgot to post the picture that the surgeon took. This is the 'other side' of Elliott.. where he could have possibly had another hernia. They put a camera in the incision they made to fix the one side to look at the other. Ew!


Well... not much of an update... but Hil is working from 9am-10pm... so I needed something to do.