Thanks all. Yep. she's a character, and what's on the site so far isn't all there is. Needless to say, she's the star attraction here. It's almost guaranteed the first thing you hear when someone comes through the door is SPARKIEEE- Dog!!!

vinjasira, Don't know if you saw her "Bio" page. We really don't think she likes the water at all. Only time she goes in is with pool toys. Go for a swim without them and she sits on top or tries to open the deck box (she's almost figured out how to open it) where we hide all those treasures. She does like to sit and relax in the hot tub, but only goes in with someone, and the "bubbles" turned on. Even with access to it all day long she won't go in any other time, but will find ways to intice you to go for a dip.