It's the most swimmiest time of the year....

last Sunday Tink was invited to swim with some of her friends again! She doesn't like the water very much but it's certainly good exercise!

Taking it easy

Look at her go!

Gabe stealing someone's toy i'm sure : )

Taking a break

Tink swam for a good 20 minutes (off and one of course). She doesn't like to use her back legs very much, but every once in a while she would kick with one and turn unexpectedly in a new direction (which of course sent me scurrying as she was inevitably heading towards the wall)

Louann and some others go swimming with the dogs every sunday afternoon, so I'm sure we'll be heading out there every couple of weeks or so!

Swimming at Sun Hill

In order for the next series of posts to make sense, please scroll down 5 posts to the beginning of the Sun Hill saga and read up the posts! Enjoy! We certainly did!

Swimming at Sun Hill (Cont.)

While Gabe & Teagan were goofying around, Fritz and Rusty were down to business...

Of course Gabe had to steal their toy....

And some lounging in the sun if perfectly acceptable....

All in all, what a great afternoon of fun in the sun and pool. However Tinker is now recouping all the energy & sleep she lost by taking a long nap right now!!!

Swimming at Sun Hill (Cont.)

Gabe sneak attacked me and managed to get me nice and wet with his face...

The get away, clearly guilty

After terrorizing poor girls in the pool Gabe knows how to relax in style

This is my good side...

Surveying the pool....

Swimming at Sun Hill (Cont.)

While Tinker is working on the doggy paddle, Teagan is working on being the next air dog.

Bombs away!

Watch out below! Teagan has this umm habit, of jumping onto people in the pool....

Dad, i'm tired of swimming

Water Fight!

Aww, cuddling

Swimming at Sun Hill (Cont.)

We started Tink with a life vest just to be safe.
I also held the handle right at the beginning

But before we knew it, she was out swimming in circles

She hasn't quite figured out how to use both back legs....

So when we thought she had the hang of it, we had her swim a short distance to me...

Tinker shark
And the more she swam, the straighter she swam...

She did so well swimming around, she started using one back leg towards the end

How cute is that?!?!

Swimming at Sun Hill

Tinker was invited to a pool party! LuAnn, Sid, & Deb from Tink's Class were taking the dogs swimming over at Sun Hill Kennels and we were invited. Seeing that we were free and knowing it would be fun, we went! I'll be posting the pictures in phases as there are many to post. The first group are mainly pictures of the entire crew.

We had the pool for an entire hour. The hour was not as tame as this picture looks : )

Gabe & Tink swimming

Chit chatting

Teagan had some um, interesting maneuvers as you'll see....

The whole crew: Fritz & Rusty are the Spaniels in the back,
Gabe the Frenchie, Teagan the Dobbie, and
Tinker the Boston Terrier (in case you haven't gotten that yet : )

an eventful weekend

Well it was quite the weekend i must say, but we topped it off with a nice relaxing afternoon at granny & papa's pool. Mum & I stayed in the shade but it was warm, so we headed to the shade at the edge of the pool... and slowly made it into the water. Mum was very patient and didn't rush me so it actually was kinda nice to cool off! She never let me out of her arms so i never felt unsafe.

I'm working on my doggie paddle!

We sat over on the steps (seen in this pic) for a while which was nice and relaxing : ) Then mum got a little adventuresome so we went wandering... After our pool escursion i let mum know i had enough so she towelled me off and we sat in the shade, and true to form, i napped : )

After the pool and outside fun we went inside and had some great eats! I even got some yummy meat and carrots and of course home-made cherry vanilla icecream! Then i took a nap next to mum while everyone chit-chatted.

Before I go for the evening i'd just like to thank my Godmamma for her kind words and support. (and for noticing what a sleek looking girl i've become!) Mum, Dad, & I have really appreciated all thats been said to us over the past half year and this weekend. So thank you, our smiles are just a little bigger & brighter as a result.

I'm out, time for more naps! A face as beautiful as mine doesn't happen in 20 short minutes! It takes time and dedication to the art of beauty sleep!