I Think She Likes the Water

The new pup (Autumn) went out yesterday for her first hike. Nothing major just a little walk at Tillman to get here used to being out on the trails with us. She was good as Gold(en) and even though she liked being in the lead, she never let us out of her sight. That's a good sign.

So, part of Tillman is a couple of small abandoned quarries and it makes for perfect swimming holes. We let Autumn get her feet wet and she kept wading a little farther in the water. Slowly we started tossing a stick in the water for her to Retrieve and as this went on, she kept getting more aggressive in jumping into the water.

Autumn scared herself once or twice. The first time was when she stuck her whole head in the water trying to catch a leaf, and the second time was when she left the bottom and swam for the first time. She kept going back for more, each time leaving the shore a little more until she swam out for a stick and then swam back.































Looks like she's gonna be a real Golden. Also looks like we'll be coming back to the beach many, many more times.


As promised........

Coming home it was nap time!!