It rained all day yesterday.  I had plans with my daughters to get together for dinner and a movie, so my window for walking the dogs was small.   I had great hopes of squeezing a walk in when we got a lull in the rain.  As they say, “The best laid plans.”

There was no break in the rain.

I decided to go anyway, I thought if we went into the woods we wouldn’t get as wet as we would have had we walked in the field.  I was wrong.

I was soaked to the skin within two minutes.  The dogs were soaked too, but they did get out of the house, they did get some exercise and they did go potty.  Something they probably wouldn’t have done had we stayed home.

Yes they are Labrador Retrievers

Yes they love water

But they don’t like rain…unless they are hiking in it.

 

 

We have a bunch of different mushrooms growing in and around our hiking trails.  Since I have a dog that LOVES to eat anything off the ground I have to watch her around the mushrooms.  So far (knock on wood) I haven’t CAUGHT her eating a mushroom.

We have a huge variety of mushrooms and I took pictures of the different mushrooms in the area with the intent of writing about them.  Unfortunately I don’t have the time (or the inclination) to research and name every single mushroom.

I googled poisonous mushrooms and from looking at the pictures it doesn’t seem like the mushrooms in my area are poisonous, still I’m not willing to take a chance with my dogs, so they will not be eating any mushrooms if I have anything to say about it!

So without further ado, here are pictures of the mushrooms I saw on our walk yesterday.  (Their names have been changed….to protect the innocent.)

Spotted Brown Cap

Fairy Table

Red-Headed Step-Child

Clustershrooms

Chipmunk Steps

Areolas

Weebles (Cause’ it wobbles, but it won’t fall down)

While some of my names may be funny, your dog eating something poisonous is not.  Especially if you are out in the field or woods and not close to your vet.  So please be cautious when walking your precious babies.