Here is the promised video of Buddy romping in the lake at the dog park again. The first time in the lake he couldn’t quite get the hang of swimming with one front leg and kind of listed over to the side. But by the next week he was doing fine with swimming.
He doesn’t swim all over the lake like he used to. But as he’s gotten older he didn’t really do that so much any more anyway. He just wades out to where he’s not touching bottom and swims around a little bit.
This video is a bit longer than the last two – I think it runs about 7 minutes. You need to expand it to view full screen to see Buddy in the lake in most of the clips.
We always go to the park each weekend. But I don’t always have time to update you all each weekend. I’ve been taking short video clips with my camera and have been working on putting together a couple of short 2 minute videos to share with you.
Here is the one for this week – it’s about 2.5 minutes:
Buddy chilling at the dog parkenjoying the day at the park
Dear Friends, I’ve been taking photos and videos of Buddy and the kids at the park but I’ve not had time to put them up here for you all. My work hours are really eating up my time. So it’s been some time since I’ve let you know how Buddy is doing.
Two weekends ago Buddy got back in the lake at the dog park again for the first time after becoming a Tripawd. It was a very hot day and when I asked Buddy if he wanted to go in the lake he jumped up and ran to the gate going to the lake! He was so happy to be back in the water. He even tried to swim a little bit.
Buddy is very pleased with himself for letting himself into the car!
Buddy has been running to meet Dennis each day when he comes home. And this past week when Dennis threw a ball for him Buddy went running off after it, hunted around and found it and whirled around and came running back without loosing his footing. So Dennis threw the ball again and Buddy ran after it and brought it back again.
Buddie and Callie doing important doggie business sniffing out new stuff at the park
Then this past weekend when I was getting the dogs ready to get in the car to go to the park I let Buddy run to the car. Without waiting for me to help him get in, he just jumped in on his own. And when we got to the park he had a wonderful time swimming in the lake. I will try to put together another video of Buddy and the other pups at the dog park. So you can all see how well he is doing and how happy he is.
