Video Log

I took Cooper for a walk near my mother’s house in Ojai this afternoon. He’s been sequestered since the rains began a few weeks back and in dire need of some running around. I obliged but he had to pose for me. He’s such a great dog and what a personality!

My Mom and the matriarch of the family dogs Angel asked that I take five-month Cooper off their hands so the two ladies could have some ‘girl’ time. After lounging around my house for the morning, we drove over to Camino Real Park in Ventura to visit the dog park. Cooper had gone to the dog park at Soule Park in Ojai the day previous with my Mom. She said that he had a good time and that I should have been there with my video camera. Can’t recreate the past so I decided to try some on my own. He had a blast, once he realized that the other creatures there were dogs like he (the four-legged variety) and that they other humans there were not his family… we had a good time. This is just a clip from our outing.

Over Thanksgiving, my Mother, her cousin and I drove up to Sacramento to visit my aunt for the weekend. While there, besides shopping, eating and visiting, we took her dog Riley for a walk in the field by her house. This is the one place near my aunt’s house that Riley can run off leash without fear of him running away or chasing after deer (well, he still does that be he knows that my aunt is the one in control of the real dog food, so he comes back. The light was so beautiful and the air crisp that night. Plus it had been awhile since I exercised my trigger finger, as I tell my students. The more you shoot, the better you’ll be. This was just one of a few clips of me running with Riley in the field. As my boss pointed out, this was the first video with the camera off the sticks. Hmmm, need to try that more often?!