Lots of people take their dogs to the Ottawa Arboretum. Let's pretend this was last weekend (or whenever it was) and you can come along 
The Arboretum is near Dow's lake which is a beautiful setting especially on this sunny day
This family stayed still for a bit for some pics
My sweet dog. She enjoys going to the park for the smells. She will socialize a bit with the other dogs but if there is an interesting smell, she concentrates like her life depended on it. I think the only thing she would respond to would be the word "cookie."
The crabapple trees were so pretty. I must have taken a million pics of them
Next time, I'm bringing my lawnchair and a book 
Thanks for looking