Dino, Rusty and Benny Complete a Ten Mile Hike Again in Oakland!

Dino, Rusty and Benny Complete 

a Ten Mile Hike Again in Oakland!

Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Oakland/Castro Valley, CA

December 30, 2013

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Name: Dec 30 2013 Hike Chabot
Activity type: walking
Description: -
Total distance: 17.14 km (10.7 mi)
Total time: 6:07:11
Moving time: 3:38:43
Average speed: 2.80 km/h (1.7 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 4.70 km/h (2.9 mi/h)
Max speed: 19.33 km/h (12.0 mi/h)
Average pace: 21:25 min/km (34:28 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 12:45 min/km (20:32 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 3:06 min/km (4:60 min/mi)
Max elevation: 288 m (943 ft)
Min elevation: 56 m (183 ft)
Elevation gain: 523 m (1715 ft)
Max grade: 28 %
Min grade: -18 %
Recorded: 12/30/2013 9:17am

Happy 2014 to All Animals and Their People!

Happy 2014 to All Animals and Their People!

Please remember to keep snug fitting collars and harnesses with current ID tags on all your pets at all times! This is the quickest way to get them home safely!

Best wishes to all from:
Jackie Phillips, Dino, Rusty, June, Benny, Palo and Alfalfa, the rabbit.

The Social Pet
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jackie@thesocialpet.com

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Dino Turns Eight Years Young!

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Happy 8th Birthday to Dino!

Seven years ago today, December 23, 2006, Georgette Musante with Grateful Dogs Rescuebrought Dino, named Sparky at the time, to my apartment in Hayward, CA. We had met a couple of days previously at Fort Funston Dog Park in San Francisco to meet him and have him meet my dog, Scout.

Dino had been surrendered three months before at the San Francisco Animal Care and Control because "they had too many kids and not enough time for the dog."

I had been looking on Petfinder for another year old, male herding mix for a couple of months after Rowdy passed away the previous September at the age of 16 years. This is what was posted on the Petfinder page for Dino: "Sparky is a nine month old tricolored Cattle Dog/Corgi mix with soft silky fur who weights about 35 pounds. He is very sweet and attentive and loves to snuggle with his person. He is house trained, friendly with new people and plays well with other dogs. He is just learning his manners and sometimes is too pushy with older dogs. He seems to like the kids he meets, but would probably do best with older children because he is mouthy. He is just a puppy and needs lots of chew toys. Sparky needs a guardian with the time and energy to devote to him and his training." They were 100% accurate about Dino's temperament and possibilities!

Thank you to Grateful Dogs Rescue for seeing the potential in Dino when everybody else had given up on him! These are the photos that were posted on the Petfinder.com webpage for Dino.

Dino, Rusty and June Complete Six Mile Hike in Palo Alto!

Dino, Rusty and June Complete 

Six Mile Hike in Palo Alto!

Baylands Shoreline Park

December 22, 2013

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Name: Dec 22 2013 Hike Palo Alto
Activity type: walking
Description: -
Total distance: 8.82 km (5.5 mi)
Total time: 2:33:15
Moving time: 1:53:33
Average speed: 3.45 km/h (2.1 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 4.66 km/h (2.9 mi/h)
Max speed: 6.31 km/h (3.9 mi/h)
Average pace: 17:23 min/km (27:58 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 12:53 min/km (20:43 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 9:30 min/km (15:18 min/mi)
Max elevation: 3 m (10 ft)
Min elevation: -16 m (-54 ft)
Elevation gain: 64 m (210 ft)
Max grade: 4 %
Min grade: -6 %
Recorded: 12/22/2013 10:10am