Today's hike took us along the Meadow Creek trail along with a motley crew of beasts and their owners from the Wilderness Kennel Club. Our Lab buddies Pete and Jed were there along with a nice shepard/hound cross of some sort, a Schipperke and a German Shepard. The trail was pretty nice but a continual downhill trudge. The dogs enjoyed running up and down hillsides and chasing the odd rabbit. The Schipperke didn't seem to have any trouble keeping pace with the big guys and was quite entertaining.
Ceilidh and the GSD don't get along very well so she stayed pretty close for the first part of our hike. It was pretty stressful for both of us trying to keep an eye out to avoid trouble. About an hour in we turned and headed back toward the trailhead while the others forged on. On the way back we were able to relax and enjoy the scenery, while also dodging mountain bikers left and right. We had unknowingly decided to hike right on part of the course for the Signal Peak Challenge. Since the section of the course we were travelling on was an uphill battle for the bikes, it wasn't too hard for us to get out of their way in time. I was very pleased with the way Ceilidh responded to hand signals and direction indications off-lead. Our clicker agility work is starting to pay off in many other areas. She's really turning into a finely tuned young lady.
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