Barktoberfest

Yesterday was a busy day with the 5th annual Barktoberfest fundraiser for the shelter. I brought the 7 canopies from the IBM Club and also borrowed 2 really big ice chests. Hermes and I packed up and left the house at 7. I slipped his harness on him when we got there and hooked him to running leash/belt. We setup canopies and other stuff and then wandered around helping where we could until 10:30 when it was time for the walk. There was a good crowd of walkers with dogs and Hermes did really well except for when he would walk up into a crowd of walking people and he got a bit scared and moved off to the side. There were water bowls for dog watering setup along the way and I let Hermes stop for a drink a few times, but he kept putting his feet in the water bowls and digging, so he had to stop. The shelter had brought out hoses and a kiddie pool and tons of water bowls, so Hermes had plenty of ways to cool down.

Hermes did quite well with all the other dogs. The only thing that freaked him out were dogs that were a lot bigger than him. There was 3 harlequin great danes there and he was just too timid to approach them. He shied away at the several chances he had to go greet them. He also was too shy to greet a mastiff that was there. We hung out and worked the education table from noon to 2 and then took down the canopies, cleaned up trash and moved picnic tables. It was an overall successful event and Hermes was asleep sitting up in the car. He came in to the house and crashed.