Sunday, August 9, 2009

swim, barney, swim


ed and i took the dogs to lake lanier yesterday. it was barney's first time at the lake and the first time he had ever been swimming. considering he is not a water dog like amos and calvin are, he did extraordinarily well!!! at first, he wasn't all that sure what he was supposed to do, but once ed got in the water with him, he decided it wasn't so bad. :-) although he will probably never been the fish amos is or the duck calvin is, he is definitely on his way to holding his own.

we learned something about barney yesterday. he LOVES park rangers!! the ranger came walking around the corner of the cove where we were and as he walked off, barney ran after him. TWICE!!! hahahahaha ed ran him down the first time and then as soon as he put barney down, off he was again, running full speed after the ranger. lucky for us, the ranger was a dog person. :-)

the only other trouble we had was when barney heard some people through the woods in another cove. off he was yet again to see if they may be more fun than ed and me. i ran after him this time, with calvin and amos close on my heels. we all got to him before he ran pelmel through someone's lake picnic.

true to his barneyness, he wore himself completely out at the lake and fell sound asleep in the car. it was a fantastic day for all. :-)

for more pictures of barney at the lake, click here.

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