Bijou's first visit to the dog park (9 PICS)!

I finally got my courage up and took Bijou to our local dog park, a wonderful little 12-acre fenced-in park just a couple of miles from my house...it was such fun! She loved everything about it, and I was more relaxed than I thought I would be, once we got through the gate :) I didn't take any pictures of the puppers she met (and she did beautifully with the six or eight dogs that came over to say hello to her, I was soooo proud of my collie girl!) since it was our first time and I didn't want to scare anybody off, but I did take some of Bijou enjoying herself:

Here she is, already "sniff-happy" just inside the gate!
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She finally got the hang of things -- she was free!
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She loved everything from the wild flowers to the prairie grass!
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"Hurry up, mum, you walk too slow!"
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Look at that tongue! It was a scorcher here today!
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I just loved seeing her stand so straight and tall -- she looked so happy!
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She's at the base of a little hill...just about ready to run her mad-dash circles!
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Go, Bijou, go!
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The Mighty Queen Bijou, surveying her kingdom...
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Thanks for looking -- I'm so happy we finally went! We'll definitely have to go back very soon... :)

::Edited to spell-check myself -- doh! ;)

Man, what a beautiful puppy! And, a great dog park!!!

Bijou is gorgeous!! How exactly do you pronounce her name, very unique. That park looks very nice and I bet Bijou loved it!

Bijou is sooooooo gorgeous! She does look very happy. Aren't you glad you finally went? I like going to our dogpark - its so fun to watch all the puppers. ours is under 2 acres, though. you've got 12?????? Fun Fun Fun!

Kfamr, it's pronounced ("bee-joo") (a soft j sound, not like the J in July) -- it means jewel in French. She was definitely our little diamond in the rough when we adopted her from the rescue in February! I grew up with a tri collie as a girl (my father named my childhood collie "Tai-tai" which means "lady" in Chinese), so to find one for my very own as an adult was really such a treasure...

Guess we have a bit of a thing for languages!

Bonjour Bijou!

My name is also French. It means "A Promise". Our mummies have such 'eyes' for names, eh?

- Madamoiselle Giselle ;)

I love the pics of Bijou! She's gorgeous and I've always loved their heads (so grey-like).

Aww, I love seeing Bijou! She's such a pretty girl. :)

Do you see many Collies where you live? Whenever we bring Molly to the dog park, people (meaning the non-regulars.. the people who regularly visit know us very well!) are always excited to see a Collie, since they aren't too popular over here.

That is great! :D I love all of the pictures of that beautiful girl enjoying herself. I am glad that she had such a good time, and enjoyed being around the other dogs. Watch out, you are going to be there a couple of times a week now. ;) It is fun for everyone.

Bijou is beautiful! I love her name.:D That looks like a very nice dog park. I wish we had one of those here.

Looks like a great place! I bet she had a ton of fun and can't wait to go again:D

looks like somebody had a great time :)
don't forget to share more pictures on your next visit to the dog park!

Bijou looks like she really enjoyed the park.:) She has grown
a lot since the last pictures I saw. She's a beautiful dog.:)

Gosh I LOVE Collies! They are such beauties1

Bijou is just gorgeous! Looks like she really enjoyed the dog park!;)

Bijou is so pretty! Looks like she had a great day at the dog park! :D