Learning to Swim

10 August 2008 by admin.

Mom took us to the lake today. My sisters knew where we were going, and Halo was might excited. Belle was excited too, but she is a little more laid back than Halo.

 

Mom took us to the lake today.  My sisters knew where we were going, and Halo was mighty excited. Belle was excited too, but she is a little more laid back than Halo.  The lake we went to was Lake Travis just outside of Austin, TX. It is one of the big lakes that make up the Highland Lakes in Central Texas.  Mom was kinda sad though as she said the lake was way down because of the drought.  It still looked like allot of water to me.  I was a little scared at first, but my sisters went right in.  I figured if they weren’t afraid I wasn’t going to be either.  Here is a picture of me getting my feet wet.

And here is a picture of my sisters after they went out and got the bumper.  They always do stuff together.

Belle and Halo are really good swimmers, but I think Halo is a little better.  Mom wants me to swim like they do.  She says they are fish.  Anyway, I played in the shallow for a while, but then I just had to go for it.  I wasn’t sure if I could swim or not, but mom told me I would just know what to do.  She has been pretty honest so far, so here goes….

Wow, she was right.  I can swim!!! Of course, it was still kind of scary, and as soon as I was swimming I thought I should head back to shore.  When my feet touched the ground again I started splashing allot.

It sure felt good to be on stable ground again. 

 

We didn’t swim the whole time we were at the lake.  We did allot of horsing around and playing too.

 

I also tried to get Belle to pretty please play with me, but she really wanted to go after the bumper.

Then Halo said she was going to do a pose for the cover of Gundog Magazine.  Halo is already a cover girl (mom calls her a super model).  She is on the cover of the Whole Foods Holistic Dry Dog Food.  So now she is always posing like a model. 

We had fun though and were all really tired by the time it was time to go home.  In fact, when we got home we all piled on the sofa and took a long nap.  I sure will remember my first swim.  Mom says just wait until we go to the beach as that is really big water.  I can’t imagine any more water than the lake, but maybe.

 

I better get back to my nap now as I need to be really rested for my next big adventure.

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Me and my big sister, Belle

8 August 2008 by admin.

Boy I love Belle. She is teaching me all kinds of cool things, like squirrel hunting and that it is a good idea to mind mom. Here are some picts of me and Belle.

Well, I found out mom likes to do obedience training every day with me and my sisters.  So, I have now learned sit really good. If I sit, I get a treat.  It works too, and I really like treats. I am also getting pretty good with a leash, but I still like to carry it in my mouth.  Mom doesn’t like that much, but I keep trying.  I have also learned that when mom says no, she means it.  This means I don’t mouth or bite on mom much any more.  I don’t bite Halo either because she really lets me have it, but Belle, well Belle is special.  She and I are real buds now.  I follow Belle everywhere and we wrestle allot.  She even tolerates a bite or two as long as I don’t bite her too hard. Here are two picts of me and Belle wrestling while mom was working.  We had to be kinda quiet though because mom was on a business call.

 

All those toys on the floor are us kids.  Mom has this big toy box in the living room and we can get anything we want out of it.  It has all our stuff that we can play with in it.  There is some cool stuff too and allot of bones.

 

And here are me and Belle on the back patio resting after hunting squirrels and just playing. We are also watching out for intruders like squirrels, or something.

Oh, and this last one is just me sniffing around mom’s garden.  Belle was showing it to me and telling me that it is off limits and mom gets real mad if we get in it.  It’s about the only area in the backyard that we don’t get to explore.  Mom says she has to have one nice area in the backyard with flowers.

Any how, I heard mom and dad talking today about maybe taking us kids to the lake this weekend for some swimming.  Mom really wants me to learn to swim.  Sounds like fun to me as I really like the water and nothing scares me.  Mom says Belle and Halo are great swimmers.  Mom said it was high time I learn to swim too.  So, maybe if we get to go, I will gets some pictures of me swimming with the big dogs.  Yippee, I can’t wait.

Until next time….

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Now I know what a booster is

1 August 2008 by admin.

Today I went back to see the Doc at my vet. Mom said it was time for my booster. Want to know what a booster is?

 

Today mom said it was time for me to get my boosters.  I still didn’t know what a booster was, but I was about to find out.  Halo, my princess sister, got to come too because mom said she need a bordatello booster.  So, we loaded up into the Pointermobile.  I got in my travel crate and Halo was in her seat, and off we went to see the Doc.  When we arrived everyone was really happy to see us.  All the people in the front office thought I was cute and Halo was so well behaved.  Halo didn’t really want to go in and I wasn’t sure why, but once we got in mom told her to sit and she sat so nicely and stayed that allot of the people in the Doc’s office were really impressed.  I hope I can be that good someday, but boy it must be hard.  Well we registered at the front desk and the nice lady told us we could take a seat in the waiting room and the Doc would see us soon. I got to sit in mom’s lap because she didn’t want me on the floor.  Something to do with not having all my boosters yet.  Hmmm…still don’t get that.  Pretty soon the nice lady came out and told us we could go to the back room.  Once in the back room, all the technicians came in to see me and Halo.  Many had not ever seen GSPs before and they thought I was cute and Halo was really pretty. The Doc came in and told mom that Halo didn’t need her Bordatello yet and wasn’t sure why they had sent a card, but in any case Halo seemed to relax and laid down. Then the tech came in and said she had to weigh me.  I gained 3 pounds in just 9 days. I now weigh a little over 13 pounds.  That was pretty cool.  After I got back to the room,  I got to get on the table. The doctor came back in and she had the booster with her.  It didn’t look to cool, but I knew I needed it so I acted like a big boy.

 

Now I know what a booster is.  I was a big boy though and didn’t cry or whine and the Doc was pretty slick. It really didn’t hurt much.  After I got the booster another lady technician came in and she got all excited seeing me and Halo.  She also had just gotten a GSP puppy and her puppy was 14 weeks old.  Her GSP was named Riley.  Well Riley was in the back, so she went and got Riley and we got to play for a few minutes while Riley’s mom and my mom talked about GSPs.  My mom loves to talk about GSPs.  She always tells people we are soooooo smart and the best breed ever.  Well Riley’s mom agreed and they talked about training, tail length, and of course how smart we are.

 

Soon it was time to go home.  Mom said I was such a good boy I could have a special treat when we got home.  When we got home Mom gave me and Halo a special cookie, and my big sister Belle even played with me a little.  Here is a picture of us playing.

Then I got a little tired so I crashed with all my friends.

Until next time….

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