Doggie Paddling

Today was the much anticipated (in our house) doggie swim at the local gym.  They have an outdoor pool, and on the last day of the season they allow the doggies to invade (god bless them!).  The thunderstorms held off although it was dicey at times.    We showed up with our $10 (donation to the local SPCA) and swam for a full hour and a half!  Here's the deal: Caele is a FISH. We still weren't sure if Jackson was in fact a swimmer.  So upon arrival Caele acclimated quickly.  At first Jackson only ran laps around the pool with other dogs.  When he jumped in, his back legs didn't work very hard, so we usually had to stay close by.  But after some practice, he got the hang of things.  By the end of our swim time, Jackson was a willing and adept swimmer.  We were so proud of him, and of every other dog at the swim.  The gym staff said that there were about 75 dogs there, which meant some great cash raised for the SPCA, and there were no dog fights to speak of - just lots of urban mutts (ok - golden retrievers and chocolate labs) swimming until they just couldn't stand anymore, and gourmet dog treats for everyone.  Yes, there are awesome picts from this event.  No, they are not on the blog.  After some troubleshooting, BF CDW has concluded that we need a new cable from the camera to the MAC.  I hope to work on that tomorrow. When I do convince the camera and computer to speak to each other again I promise you some fab picts of doggies relaxing up in CT, and swimming picts that Aunt Carol took this evening.  

PS - Post swim Aunt's Carol and Amy and Uncle Charles had dinner at Little Havana with Jody and Chris.  A good time was had by all.  Mama had too many margaritas, but she was closing out margarita season (margarita season coincides with pool season which ended today, but daddy is petitioning to extend margarita season to coincide with marathon season - says that the extra salt benefits his training).