By popular demand of the IGs who proclaim "We are NOT morning dogs" and as the weather is cooling, I am returning the Marymoor Mixer to the usual time. If anyone prefers an early brisk walk through Marymoor, please send me a pm as I force my pack to be morning dogs and prefer the am! But, the formal Meetup will now be at 11:45 until it gets simmering in Seattle again.

Weather permitting, and if your dog is OK with this situation, meet up as the Mini Italian Mafia visits Marymoor Park. This is a huge, well-maintained, and not-that-highly-used 40-acre park that is a great walk.

PLEASE NOTE: Marymoor is not for every IG. My dogs were on leash for quite awhile before I trusted them here. The park is not fully fenced as the entrance is open and this is a huge park. Once you get to the center, where we will meet, it is less likely an IG will run out of the park--but if you have an escape artist we'd recommend a leash. Also, this is NOT a small-dogs-only area--there WILL be big dogs. There are always risks in such a situation so please protect your IG first! For those who are not sure about their IGs, keeping them on lead the first few times is highly recommended. I sure did! Letta is still allowed ONLY on leash.

All those caveats aside, we hope you can meet us to enjoy a great run. The official Meetup will begin at the circular area at the center of the park at about 9:30 a.m. and we usually hang out there for awhile to be sure everyone has joined us. Then we walk the trails and fields. Good directions to the park can be found at http://www.metrokc.gov/Parks/marymoor/

Due to popular request--because of heat and some crowding at Marymoor--I am trying an earlier time for the Marymoor play date in August. Please let me know how this works.

Weather permitting, and if your dog is OK with this situation, meet up as the Mini Italian Mafia visits Marymoor Park. This is a huge, well-maintained, and not-that-highly-used 40-acre park that is a great walk.

PLEASE NOTE: Marymoor is not for every IG. My dogs were on leash for quite awhile before I trusted them here. The park is not fully fenced as the entrance is open and this is a huge park. Once you get to the center, where we will meet, it is less likely an IG will run out of the park--but if you have an escape artist we'd recommend a leash. Also, this is NOT a small-dogs-only area--there WILL be big dogs. There are always risks in such a situation so please protect your IG first! For those who are not sure about their IGs, keeping them on lead the first few times is highly recommended. I sure did! Letta is still allowed ONLY on leash.

All those caveats aside, we hope you can meet us to enjoy a great run. The official Meetup will begin at the circular area at the center of the park at about 9:30 a.m. and we usually hang out there for awhile to be sure everyone has joined us. Then we walk the trails and fields. Good directions to the park can be found at http://www.metrokc.gov/Parks/marymoor/

Due to popular request--because of heat and some crowding at Marymoor--I am trying an earlier time for the Marymoor play date in August. Please let me know how this works.

Weather permitting, and if your dog is OK with this situation, meet up as the Mini Italian Mafia visits Marymoor Park. This is a huge, well-maintained, and not-that-highly-used 40-acre park that is a great walk.

PLEASE NOTE: Marymoor is not for every IG. My dogs were on leash for quite awhile before I trusted them here. The park is not fully fenced as the entrance is open and this is a huge park. Once you get to the center, where we will meet, it is less likely an IG will run out of the park--but if you have an escape artist we'd recommend a leash. Also, this is NOT a small-dogs-only area--there WILL be big dogs. There are always risks in such a situation so please protect your IG first! For those who are not sure about their IGs, keeping them on lead the first few times is highly recommended. I sure did! Letta is still allowed ONLY on leash.

All those caveats aside, we hope you can meet us to enjoy a great run. The official Meetup will begin at the circular area at the center of the park at about 9:30 a.m. and we usually hang out there for awhile to be sure everyone has joined us. Then we walk the trails and fields. Good directions to the park can be found at http://www.metrokc.gov/Parks/marymoor/

Weather permitting, bring your IGs to play at Fort Steliacoom. Please gather at the small running area of Fort Steilacoom so the Iggies can run, jump, and all that in a very large park. This area is not reserved for small dogs, but they tend to congregate here. Please be aware that there may be large dogs here too, which always can have risks. We advise keeping timid dogs on leash at all times and all dogs on leash until they learn to stay close and come when called.

This link gives good directions http://parkdogs.com. After you enter the park from 87th keep driving straight back, past the first parking lots. You will see the people with dogs toward the end of this BIG park. Here is informaiton on the Fort http://fortsteilacoom......