PICTURES!Misty and Electra went swimming!

[cali]

Misty and Electra each had an appointment at a doggi swimming place in saskatoon, Misty LOVED it, she kept galring at the intructer after her turn was over lol. Electra made a LOT of improvment, she could NOT swim woth cr*p when she started, the intrscter was actually worried about her lack of swimming skills lol she was flailing her paws all over the place, her head going under which each paw etc.. finally she clamed down though and fiigered out how to swim CALMLY. the instrcter though reccomended I get Leck a life jacket for her retreiver training until she is more comfortable in deeper water.

Misty first:
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ok all settled lol

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more comming

[cali]

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Leckys turn!
"mom?"
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"help.."
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more comming...

[cali]

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"LOOk mom! Im doing it! no life jacket even!"
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thats all! I have lots more pics from the vacation, but Im not done with those yet lol

[Alysser]

Looks like fun! The expression on Electra's face in the last one is priceless. Misty is gorgeous, as always!

[nancyweNW]

Being a first time dog owner, I've always assumed dogs just naturally knew how to swim so this was an interesting post. Loved the pictures, looks like they had a good time!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Those were great! Did Lecky have fun after she calmed down a bit? Looks like Misty sure did!

Just out of curiosity, how big is Leck? She looks so small in these pictures compared to your usual ones. I can hardly wait to see the rest of your pictures.

[cali]

Leck is 17" tall, so VERY small for the breed :)

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I was wondering if she ever did make it past 17". I think Dance is going to be about that size too, maybe just a tiny bit bigger.

[ratdogg]

ooooh, cuteness overload. Those pics were cool. I liked seeing the doggy life vests. I'm glad misty calmed down and was able to master the doggy paddle...none of this flailing and head dunking stuff! :D

[Varga]

Electra is a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever right?
I've often wondered what a Toller does exactly.. It says in the dog books I have that they "lure" the ducks closer so the hunter can shoot them.. also called duck tolling.. But what exactly does that mean? How does the dog do that?

:D Just thought I'd ask since you have a dog of that breed, so maybe you could explain it for me.

Love the pictures btw. Both Misty and Electra are adorable.

[cali]

lol, "tolling" it luring yes. basicly the hunter stands in the blind, and throws a stik or or something and the Toller runs out to retrieve it, the playfulness makes the duck curious and they swim closer, this is repeated until the ducks are within range. after the ducks are scared into the air, and the hunter downs some, they then act like any other retriever.

[anna_66]

That is so very cool!
I've never heard of a place like that before.
I'm very glad to hear that it ended up being fun for them both. I hope it was for you as well:)