Stoegers first walking trail!

Stoges_mom

We decided to take Stoeger on his first hiking trail today! It's beautiful in the northeast in the fall and Stoeger loves the leaves! We didn't find a good hiking trail since it was a short decision so we decided to go to the state park right down the road. It was packed with people, kids, and doggies so Stoeger was in hog heaven! He was extremely well behaved! We are proud parents! Stoeger was stopped by numerous people and children and got all the belly rubs he could handle! Everyone was nice and asked to pet him first so we had ample time to have Stoeger sit before his excitement level got uncontrollable!

BulliesofNC

Great photos. Really cool scenery. That place looks really nice.

Leslie

What a good boy!!!! Nice park!!

Stoeger

For those of you interested in the trail. It is the Indian Ladder Trail @ John Boyd Thacher State Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_Thacher_State_Park

Yes, we live in the part of NY that has trees, haha! The park is only 10 minutes from our front door.

Stoeger did awesome on the trail. We used the pinch collar for most of the trail to keep him from pulling on the lead. The middle section of the trail has steep drop-offs so we switched him to a harness in case he decided to Australian Rappel down the Escarpment

On the pinch, he would heel. On the harness, he pulled. He kept great pace, except in the parking lot. EVERYONE wanted to pet him or ask about him. One little girl even had her father catalog his name because she keeps an inventory of every dog she meets 8-}

Seon

Great pics and thanks for sharing them.  My wife and I lived in Northern VA for 12 yrs and indeed miss the four seasons there.

Stoeger

Yeah, it's beautiful here this time of year. We live and work in that valley pictured. We are surrounded by quite a few mountain ranges (not exactly what most people think of when you say you're from NY). The Helderbergs, the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Berkshires.

I've already picked out Stoeger's next hike. It's a trail I used to frequent when I was a kid. We will be sure to give everyone an update next weekend if the weather is good.

philsergeant

Jealous of the landscape ... Here in the Florida swamp its flatter than Twiggy ( if you're old enough to remember the '60's pop model).

apollosmama

Wow that view is breathtaking!!

Stoeger

Those foliage pics are taken from the top of the Helderberg Escarpment, a large rock out-crop atop our nearest mountain. The cool thing is the bay window in our house looks right out towards the escarpment. It's nice to get a look from the other direction too

BulliesofNC

That's beautiful! 
:-bd