Lilly Swims (sort of)
Here's another video showing my summertime efforts to tire Lilly out, using our little pond and the hill above it. Once again, I shot this with my right hand while trying to throw with my left. She often "cheats" by walking out the shallow side, rather than swimming, but a couple times you can see her water style-ings.
The pond is quite shallow on the far side and deeper closer to the camera (about 3 feet deep). The water is quite cold even in the summer, but she loves it.
Just before I started filming, she flushed out two ducks that were paddling around near the bushes to the right.
The pond is quite shallow on the far side and deeper closer to the camera (about 3 feet deep). The water is quite cold even in the summer, but she loves it.
Just before I started filming, she flushed out two ducks that were paddling around near the bushes to the right.
The only problem with this type of activity is that the more you do it, the fitter they get and then the more retrieving they need to get tired out
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That's oh-so true. Still ... if I ever get her to run an A-frame without shutting down, imagine how strong she'll be for the climb. It always cracks me up when people pet her, then say, "Oh, my ... she's very muscular." It's hard to see in photos, but she also has little Popeye forearms. We may never get to have real agility runs, but by golly, we'll be fit. Well ... she will be, at least.
Truth be told, Lilly is all bone, muscle, and anxiety delivered in a relatively small package. That's the other thing people say with surprise, "She's so small." Apparently, from up on the road, or where-ever people see her from a distance, she seems much bigger.
Perhaps it's the unmitigated use of her voice that makes her seem so big. ;o)
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