wet, wet dog

Okay Chaos is an official retriever now! He always has been like 3/4 retriever because he does everything like a retriever EXCEPT swim. He likes the water but he usually only wades in it. He never does the full-on swim deal. Well last night Peter and I took him to Walnut Creek Park to play disc golf (which I found out is absolutely NOT my sport, but still fun). Peter was doing really well and almost got two aces (holes in one). But on the last hole, which happens to be over a long spread of water, his disc unexpectedly took a left dive right in to the lake. Of course it was his favorite disc so he took off his shoes and socks and went swimming after it. Chaos jumped in after him and started swimming too! Well from that point on, we couldn't keep the dog out of the water! As soon as he would climb out on to the bank, he'd turn around and leap right back in again! I was so proud of him! He's an official dog now!

I took him back to play disc golf again today and he leaped right in to the water! When we got home, I gave him a bath to get rid of the icky lake water smell. So now he smells like bananas and coconuts. Well in a wet dog sort of way.