Swimming...

Now that we are solidly into the HEAT of summer, we have put more work towards swimming. Taking a trip to the lake and swimming encourages the puppy to want to be with is. B&W girl (who just left for her new home last evening), Scout (Red boy), and green girl did the best with this.

"Where are we going?"

"It's just water little puppies, just a little further..."

Green girl contemplates deeper water...

The next day, after some bird work getting everyone hot and tired, we walked over to the nearest pond and tossed in a dead quail to entice them in. THIS was exciting! Scout was the bravest, going in after the bird every time. But then to my surprise, blue boy took the plunge, and repeatedly swam out to the bird. He couldn't quite get the swimming to work at the same time as the retrieving, but this was just a first time. He was also a speedy swimmer, faster by far than Scout. Green girl, Virginia (Red Girl), and Pink girl made some serious attempts and went fully into swimming depth water, but did not quite go out to the bird. Sadly I did not have my camera for this trip, since I knew I might have to wade into the mucky pond. No one panicks in the water, and everyone is using nice style when swimming, just need to get more confident. Given that everyone seems "cool as a cucumber" just cautious, I think they are all doing very well.

So now, we will put more attention to retrieving inside. And build the drive for this game, one at a time. Also adding in more whoa work for treats and food, and tracking on a food track.



After cooling down in the water and nice scratch in the grass...