Recipe for a successful trail hike:
✅ one active pup
✅ a beautiful trail with wildflowers
✅ nice weather
🚫 leash
✅ Charlie chasing butterflies and exploring but always staying close!
Recipe for a successful trail hike
Posted byauthorlaurablogPosted inUncategorizedTags:dogs, flowers, happiness, Mother Nature, mountain life, nature, Nature photography, photography, Rocky Mountains, wildflowers
Published by authorlaurablog
I'm a reading specialist and award winning educator from Chicago. While living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for nine years, I spent time hiking on the trails with my Goldendoodle Charlie and friends, writing, working in a literacy program at the Boulder Public Library, and mentoring writers and teachers. I love visiting schools. My books combine STEM and Kindness. "Aliana Reaches for the Moon" a picture book that draws inspiration from the moon and the curiosity of children, inviting children to be creative, explore, and experiment. "An Accidental Hero: A Mostly True Wombat Story" a picture book told in the form of a newscast which skillfully balances the serious subject of forest fires with compassion and humor to help children navigate this important topic through the real events of 2020. I moved to Northern New Jersey in 2025 and am working on new projects. View more posts
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Such beauty!! Thank you for sharing 🌻
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Thank you! It’s nice to know it is appreciated! 😊
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Great post, love it from the beginning to the end. The video of running cutie – a fav 💕💕
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Thank you! It’s so much fun to watch him run and frolic! And I’m really impressed with his responding to voice commands, so far. He’s very smart and wants to please.
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😀💙💙
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Easy to train too, I guess. My bulldog wants nothing, only food 😂
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He’s very trainable so far. I’m finding it easier to train him to do the things I want him to do than it is to curb the behaviors I don’t.
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smartie! 😀 I feel he can do it with the time..✌️
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Love this, especially your dog! So beautiful!
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Thanks! He’s a fun hiking partner.
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