WENDY PIERRO Acorn Newspapers A WINTER WALK-- The late afternoon sun casts long shadows as Connie Highberg of Thousand Oaks walks with Macky and Paige at Thousand Oaks Community Park on a recent Sunday. The threesome completed four laps around the park. Highberg hoped the fresh air and exercise would be therapeutic for all. The dogs, she said, had been getting "a little antsy."