Paw Partner Adventures: Dodger

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Meet Dodger.


Dodger is a 2 year old pit bull/terrier/lab mix with very pointy ears. He's almost the same color as my yellow dog! 

Last week's Paw Partner outing with Wishbone was certainly pleasant. But Dodger? I just might be in love. He's such a sweetie. And as a guy in the parking lot said, "That's a good lookin' dog." He's wide across the shoulders and has a short shiny coat. 


But I am noticing some trends at the shelter. 
Trend 1: they like to name dogs after TV and movie dogs. 
Trend 2: it seems they haven't actually watched the TV show or movie in which they are referencing. 

Dodger, of Oliver and Company
Anyway.

I picked Dodger up from the shelter and headed to Sugarcreek Park. He sat calmly in the back with his head over the seat, as if looking to see where we were going.  My plan was to do a 3 mile trail run and he certainly would have been up for the task. (Dodger is basically muscles with fur.) But due to the gorgeous weather, the trail was especially busy - LOTS of runners, walkers - with and without dogs, and children - lots of young children. 

And the warning they gave me when I left the shelter? Dodger doesn't like other dogs or children. Oh great. So we opted to walk the trail. I thought I'd have better control of him and more of his attention if we were moving at a slower pace. 

Can I just say - this dog loves to be outside. I'm pretty sure he sniffed every
rock, pebble, tree, flower, leaf, and blade of grass for the first 15 minutes.

Then he got his walkin' shoes on and off we went. Dodger likes to walk at a good clip and so do I, so we settled right in. When we passed others on the trail (like every ten minutes), I pulled him off to the side, told him to sit -- and he did!! -- and scratched his ears and talked to him as they passed by. He was a gem. After about the first mile, when he saw people coming, he walked to the edge of the trail and sat down! This dog is smart. Dodger never barked, growled, or lunged at anyone or anything. It made me think they must have their shelter dogs mixed up.

We crossed the creek a couple of times,










which made Dodger very happy... which made me happy.

I hope he finds a home soon.