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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....Like a lot of new dog owners, Adriana Magarin recently got a puppy to help brighten up pandemic life. “You can only read so many books, you can only listen to so many podcasts,” she said.
Six-month-olds Nakai, top, a shepherd husky, and Blu, a Siberian malamute, play at the North Domingo Baca Dog Park recently. It’s normal for puppies to wrestle. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
Buddy, her husky, is “a troublemaker, but he gets me up in the morning and gets me outside.”
But Buddy’s first trip to a dog park in Houston, where Magarin lives, was more than she bargained for. He was “doing great” hanging out with other dogs – until he followed them to a pond and fell in. He got out fine, she said, laughing, though he “looked like a little rat.”
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Pandemic Pups Hit Dog Parks
February 21, 2021
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When many people in the U.S. were forced to work from home in the early days of the coronavirus health crisis, they decided to get a dog.
People say having a dog offers
companionship and a reason to get exercise. After all, dogs need to get outside and walk.
Adriana Magarin is a new dog owner in Houston, Texas. She said she got a dog because, “you can only read so many books, you can only listen to so many podcasts.”
Like a lot of new dog owners, Adriana Magarin recently got a puppy to help brighten up pandemic life. “You can only read so many books, you can only listen to so many podcasts,” she said.