COVID-19 pandemic.And the sunshine and warm temperatures Thursday brought a lot of people and their pooches out to dog parks in Calgary.“(Out with) our four-legged furry friends,” dog owner Kelli Wilson said. “Nothing beats that!” ‘Super energetic’ Calgary dog becomes social media star during COVID-19 pandemic Wilson and others visiting one park in the city’s southwest were in for a surprise: some of the dogs weren’t furry at all.A woman in the neighbourhood, Arleen Bronson, had come up with the idea of creating stylized canine characters to provide some levity during the pandemic.Bronson had attached various items to rigid novelty leashes, with a stuffed cloth hot dog on the end of one leash labelled “A wiener dog,” while watches.