I love Camping!

Greetings Ladies and Gents,

Summer is finally underway and boy are we busy! Aside from sleeping a lot, I've passed my time by laying in the cool grass, playing with Dolce, hiking, camping, and swimming! That's right, I can swim! It is sooooo much fun. Mommy and Daddy took me camping a long time ago, I think it was in May???

Let me tell you about camping...it is so great! Not only do you get to dig your own bed in the dirt around the fire, but there are so many sticks and pine cones to chew on. I couldn't even think about chewing on my bone, I was in stick heaven! Oh, and there were A LOT of other puppy friends there. One of them kept running by me trying to tease me because he was off leash. I don't think Mommy and Daddy were very happy about that.

The first day we were there, Mommy and Daddy took me to the other side of the lake to swim. I didn't know how to swim at first, so I just ran in and got my feet wet. Luckily, I could touch the ground in the water for a long time. Daddy kept throwing the stick in the water for me to get and bring back. One time he threw it a little far. I stood in the water and looked at it. It was just out of my reach, but I didn't want to go where I couldn't touch. I finally got up the nerve and gently dove in. I splashed and splashed until I finally got to the stick. Mommy and Daddy talked to me the whole time so I knew where they were. I turned around and splashed back towards them. When I got out, they were really excited and told me I was a good little swimmer. I guess they were proud.

The more I swam, the easier it got for me. I love it! Mommy even took a video to prove it.