Fitbitting with "Man's Best Friend" (upload dog photos here)

[rightdx]

We live in "Steinbeck country" (Salinas Valley/Monterey County), named after the famous author John Steinbeck. And just as Steinbeck documented his journeys with his beloved dog in "Travels with Charlie", I'm going to photojournal in this thread my "Travels with Melody".

A lot has changed in Salinas since the days of Steinbeck. But some things haven't changed that much. Today we visited the childhood home of Steinbeck, which has been restored to its original beauty.

Down the street from the Steinbeck House is the Steinbeck Public Library, with a bronze statue of the author at the front entrance. I don't think Melody's ever seen a statue before. At first she was puzzled that he didn't greet her - or even flinch one little bit.

Then she surprised me and became downright ornery!

So I took her back to to dog training school for some proper obedience training. Of course, she passed with flying colors.

Please share photos of your fitbitting friends here!

　

　

[SantiR]

@Chassi @SunsetRunner I love your dogs! They are beautiful, I'm sure they are great walking partners too! 

[EdsonFitbit]

That's a cool picture of your dog @SunsetRunner. 

[LucyAP]

Hey there @Chassi and @SunsetRunner!Those are beautiful pictures of your four legged friends!

And, OMG both have such pretty eyes! 

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks Mods for your kind comments 🙂

Here she is today on our regular weekday morning walk (those of you with black dogs will know how hard it is to photography them!):

[SantiR]

@SunsetRunner Wow! Mega like to your pic! What a beautiful place, where is it? Ireland? 

Such a perfect contrast! Great pic! 

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks!

It is Bude in North Cornwall. I am very lucky to live here 🙂

[WendyB]

@SunsetRunner love your dog. Beautiful pic!

[Baltoscott]

@SunsetRunner - no black dog at the moment, but yes, very difficult to photograph.  Great shot.

[LucyAP]

Great pic @SunsetRunner! And @SantiR is right! What a beautiful place! 

[Baltoscott]

Jayhawk playing wolf in the woods ...

[MHKBB17]

Wow @Baltoscott what a great shot!  

[WendyB]

Hi Jayhawk! Looks like you are having fun! Great shot, @Baltoscott

[MarlenS]

I love your picture @Baltoscott! I'm more like a cat lover, but your dog is so cute that makes me want to adopt one 

[Baltoscott]

@MarlenS -- Thanks.  Of my five critters, Jayhawk is probably my favorite.  So smart!  Still, it's not that I don't like cats, but Kansas (good looking as he is!) doesn't show up in this thread very often because he isn't much of an exercise buddy 😉

[AnnieFitbit]

@Baltoscott That's such a beautiful dog! Congrats. It reminds me oif the German Shepherd my mother used to own. I swear it was the most beautiful dog ever! 

[MarlenS]

@Baltoscott Kansas look so adorable!  And I know that kittens are not the best partners to exercise but they look so cute, LOL. Here is a picture of one of my cats (I have 3 of them!), her name is Orion, she has yellow stripes too:

[Baltoscott]

Orion looks like she is pretty content to patrol the neighborhood from the windowsill 😸

[Frisko]

Our weekly hike in the south of France was awesome. There were some big rocks on the track no easy to climb for a four legged friend. But after 3 or four attempts I did it!

So I had the pleasure to enjoy the beatiful view up to the Mediterranean sea.

[WendyB]

@MarlenS Orion is beautiful!

[rightdx]

@Frisko Great shot!