First Fall Sunday with Mango
September 30th, 2008 by ktula
Mango posing on a rock at the Washington Park Arboretum next to Lake Washington.
The sunny weather on Sunday was probably one of the few remaining days of the year before the arrival of cold rainy days. Originally, i was planning on visiting some place on the Olympic Peninsula with Smelly and Mango. But the long drive there discouraged me so we decided to spend our Sunday in Seattle instead.
Standing in front of Alley 24, an apartment complex just across from REI.
Our first stop with Mango was REI’s flagship store in downtown Seattle. To get ready for the upcoming rainy days, Smelly and i wanted to get some light waterproof jackets so that we can walk Mango even when the weather is wet.
Mango filling up the carrier bag. In a month or two, he probably won’t be able to fit in the bag.
REI only allows service dogs to be in the store so we had to put Mango in the sling-style carrier bag. Mango weighed 16 pounds on Sunday and it was definitely harder getting him to fit into the bag that we bought two months ago. We were not able to find any reasonably-priced jackets that we like so we most likely will head back to the Outdoor Research store on 1st Ave.
After leaving REI, we went to the Washington Park Arboretum. Smelly and i first went to the Arboretum more than a year and a half ago. This time round, we had Mango with us.
Mango had his attention caught by a passing kayak.
The Shiba Inu breed in general is not known to like water. When we took Mango to one of the boat launches in the arboretum, sure enough, Mango was really wary of getting himself wet. No amount of encouragement or treat would get him into the water. I finally decided to carry Mango and drop him in knee-high - Mango’s knees - water. Almost immediately after dropping him into the water, Mango took off for the dry land.
No amount of encouragement or treat was sufficient to entice Mango to get into the water.
Meet and greet with the 12-week old Sasha.
While we were trying to get Mango into the water, a black and tan Shiba Inu puppy showed up. The 12-week old puppy seemed small to us. She was even smaller than Mango when we picked him up at nine weeks old.
Smelly posing with Mango.
We then took Mango on a walk on the trail through the wetlands. It was a very pleasant walk.
Walking Mango along the trail.
Smelly posing with Mango along the trail.
After spending two hours at the arboretum, we took Mango for his first bath in two weeks.
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