My husband and I had been talking about buying the dogs life jackets for a while. On Friday I was driving past Petco and decided it was time. The weather was suppose to be wonderful this weekend (and it was!) so I planned a little day trip to the lake for us.
Daisy swims very smoothly; she didn't necessarily enjoy it, she always swam straight back to shore.
BO showed us the true definition of the doggy paddle, his front paws flop all over the place. The farther out we took him the more he would bring his paws up out of the water. I don't think he liked having water in his face so he was trying to hold himself out of the water.
HaHaHa. Not a whole lot I can saw about this one, but she is adorable!
We ended our family day with an evening enjoying our backyard. While I tended my garden Jeffrey grilled us an amazing meal of steak, potatoes, corn on the cob and carrots.
We packed up supplies
-Water and lots of it
-Dogs collapsable water bowl, this is a wonderful investment for us. I got mine at Petco, but these from Amazon are pretty much the same thing for half the price.
-Dog food. We pre measured and let them eat out of the tupperware we stored it in.
-Life jackets for the dogs. We weren't sure how they would do swimming so we went with the safe route and invested in life jackets. How adorable are these???
-Towels for everyone
-Snacks and lunch for us. We stopped at the gas station and grabbed some lunchables. Pizza are the best!
-Swimsuits for us. Because I knew we would have to get in the water with them.
This was their first experience with a big body of water. They have had baths many times and we bought them a kiddie pool at the beginning of the summer. We slowly introduced them to the water, using treats and toys and bait to get them to willingly step in. Once they put a paw in the pool they got a treat, if they got in farther they would get another one and so forth.
I also introduced them to their life jackets before going to the lake.
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| Well BO wanted to figure it out for himself. He stuck his head in the Petco bag, when he pulled it out he had a life jacket around his neck. He roamed around the yard shaking his head for a good 5 minutes. |
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| Daisy froze when I put hers on. It was like she could't walk or anything. We tried again later and it was okay. |
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| BO didn't mind at all. I put it on him and he took off running like nothing had changed. |
Yay! We finally made it to the lake. Let's see how the pups did.
Daisy swims very smoothly; she didn't necessarily enjoy it, she always swam straight back to shore.
BO showed us the true definition of the doggy paddle, his front paws flop all over the place. The farther out we took him the more he would bring his paws up out of the water. I don't think he liked having water in his face so he was trying to hold himself out of the water.
HaHaHa. Not a whole lot I can saw about this one, but she is adorable!
We ended our family day with an evening enjoying our backyard. While I tended my garden Jeffrey grilled us an amazing meal of steak, potatoes, corn on the cob and carrots.
We put the dogs inside so we could eat on our patio in peace. The dogs weren't a fan of that.
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