Last Friday, muh wife and I packed Tucker into the car (read: he wanders around on her lap and in the back seat.) and headed off to take him to the beach. He has never been there before so we were intrigued as to how he would react at the beach for a variety of reasons.
1. The car ride was pretty long.
2. The ground wasn't anything like he had ever stepped on before...
3. We knew it was going to be really windy and he doesn't really like the wind.
Regardless, we set out on the 40 minute drive anyway.
Armed with plastic bags and doggie treats we stopped first to visit Uncle Chris and Kelli at the soccer tournament that he was running. Tucker was the toast of the town as everyone loved him and made sure to tell us how cute our "little puppy" was. For some reason, it gives me great pleasure to announce that he is almost one years old. Most people ooh and ahh and are excited that he will remain cute for ever... we agree.
After a short visit and a swollen head full of compliments, we continued to the beach...
After a walk from the beach house, Tucker stepped onto the squishy ground. It took him a few minutes to get his bearings, but he eventually reacted as though the ground was a normal hard floor. It was his home, his castle, his place of doing business. He couldn't be stopped!
We wandered around for awhile and finally crossed the beach to the ocean where Tucker's nose finally stopped sniffing and he stared at the oncoming water with great interest. He would walk back and forth trying to figure out how water could move like that. He eventually gave up and we walked up the beach some.
Tucker examined everything... rocks, seaweed, shells, and watched the birds as they flew away... he was truly an explorer..discovering ground that no one had discovered... he was our little Columbus...
The beach was good for him... he roamed and ran around with great interest and respect.
It made us very happy to see our cute fur ball love something that we do...
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