Wet Water Dogs!

The dogs had a great time up north yesterday.  We took Mona and Sophie up to escape the city heat while Coco and Quincy stayed at home (with the air conditioning) and my Mom looked after them for us.  Olivia and I took the Barbets for a canoe ride.  The two girls fit in the canoe no problem.

It was an extra special day because it was the first time that Mona went swimming!  She did an awesome job.  We managed to get a video of one of her first swims :0)

This was also Mona's first time retrieving from the water and it was wonderful to see how naturally she took to it. 

Dog days of summer...

We were up north again for our last hurrah before school starts next week.  The weather cooperated and we managed to do lots of swimming and boating and canoeing.  Here are a couple of photos. 

Sophie really loves it.  Most of the time she can be found wherever we are but occasionally she'll take off to explore on her own.   Occassionally she will come back smelling like something stinky.  Decomposing fish carcases and goose poop are among her personal favorites. Often you can find her down at the dock, just hanging out.

As the day draws to a close she goes to her lookout spot on the deck and just chills...