Puyallup River Fun (pic heavy)

[Zisso]

My daughter and family, myself and the dogs went to the Puyallup River today. The dogs wore their packs, with their water bottles filled, but they never needed it.

It was a blast! I will know better than to wear my hiking boots next time-they are currently on the boot dryer, and I have my fingers crossed that they are dry in time for work tomorrow. Needless to say I got wet with the dogs!

My daughter took pics, my son-in-law and oldest granddaughter sat in the shade, my youngest granddaughter was out wading with us

The only not so good incident was that while my two were on 30' leads Nadia spotted two chi's and took out after them; the leash slipped out of my hand. I felt Horrible the instant it happened. BUT she stopped short of the little dogs and came back!! I am very very pleased and proud of that!

The funniest part of this trip was that Nadia pooped IN the river! I laughed it off saying it would float down stream, but it sank! I saw it later! I have never ever seen a dog poop in water! Then shortly after that she peed in the river! She and Zisso both were trying to sniff her pee and it was pretty funny. A couple nearby saw what was going on and the lady was doubled over with laughter.

The Best part of the trip was that I got to see Nadia swim for the first time! The first two times she came to a drop off she didn't go into the deeper water, but then she finally did. She did a little circle lap and came back to shallow water. Zisso was at that same ledge wagging his tail and acting all spazzed out like he was anxious about her going out there like that and wanted her to come back in.








Rough stuff

To deeper water

Z running on water


Nadia

Zisso


Thanks for looking!!

[mjbgsd]

Awesome photos!

I'm so jealous! We were going to go swimming at a lake today but we weren't able to.

[Relayer]

Looks like those kids had a ball!! Nice to see and thank you.

[Zisso]

Oh Missy-that's too bad! I am sure there will be lots more chances this summer tho I am committed to taking the dogs to a lot of fun places this year. I want to go to Mineral next weekend! Out on the old logging roads. I really want Zisso to learn to enjoy swimming & find somewhere to just let them go for it!

[Zisso]

I see I posted the wrong pic 2nd to last...dang it! It was supposed to be this one :

[Kamahi]

Great photos and beautiful dogs! Zisso is gorgeous, where did he come from?

[Zisso]

Thank you!!
He came from this breeder- Washington German Shepherd Breeder WA German Shepherd Puppies For Sale

I did not purchase him. He was with a private party who ended up deciding to adopt him out, as well as a litter mate I had the choice between the two boys and took the smaller one. The other male was larger-Z only weighs 60 lbs, but they were raised with kids, and are very people friendly. I think I got the right boy

[Trina]

Fun pictures, thanks for posting.

[Zisso]

Trina, Your Maximus is so Handsome!! I love his dark rich colors!(See him in your avatar )

[Trina]

Thank you, Zisso. I have to say he gets a ton of attention whenever we go out. It's funny to hear all of the breeds folks come up with when trying to guess what he is.

I used to never give long coats a second glance (you rarely see them around here), but since having Max, I've developed a big soft spot for them.