A Day in the Park

We recently learned of the Mango Dog Park, only about 1.5 miles from Rally Park. Matilda has had little significant interaction with other dogs since we left home, and we have not had a good opportunity to let her run, so off we went. It turned out to be a very nice park. It was very large, probably close to five acres, and had separate areas for large dogs and small dogs. At our only other experience in a dog park, Matilda was tentative and reluctant to engage the other dogs. She spent a lot of time running away and cowering under a picnic table. Today was no different. She was just too shy and scared to play with the other dogs. Then Bailey arrived. Bailey is a miniature Aussie just a little younger than Matilda. Matilda bonded with Bailey, and they played together pretty hard. After that Matilda was a little more receptive to playing with the other dogs.

I expect we will bring Matilda back to this park several more times before we leave.