Nuke had BIG EXCITEMENT today: we took him to the pond!

“This is as deep as I will wade for liver biscotti, ma’am.”

There’s a small pond in one of the local parks so we headed over there this afternoon with John’s “Doggie Diaper Bag” full of treats and toys and started Nuke on an Intro to Swimming adventure. He plays in his water bowl all the time so I was curious how he’d react to a whole pond full of water.

He enjoyed splashing around at about ankle height, but it took both floating toys and me wading out there with treats to entice him to go any deeper than that. He tried to swim twice but panicked and went back to shore. We’ll keep trying it on a weekly basis until he learns or it just gets too cold. His puppy fur is coming out big time now, and this morning BOTH his ears were up for a few minutes. He won’t be a pup for too much longer!

Pretty soon it’ll be time for some structured obedience training and socialization with other dogs.

Here’s a link to his giant photo set for those who just cannot get enough puppy in their daily diet.