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.
Author: mardi
I've had dogs and cats since I was 3. Currently my husband and I have 4 dogs and 5 cats. Dogs range from Buddy the 100-pound Golden, to Bella the 60-pound hound to Stubby the 40-pound Chow mix to Precie the overweight 20-pound mystery dog with the face of a Shitzu and the hair of a Yorkie or Schnauzer and the temperament of Attila the Hun! The cats rule indoors, the dogs own the back yard with a sleeping porch in the house at night.
Buddy is 10 and in spite of our hopes that he could avoid this Golden trait, has started getting sarcomas and just had his front left leg removed. We have had many pets die over the years - lovingly buried and remembered. But Buddy going to 3 legs is a new world for us.
thank you all for helping us in this difficult journey.
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2 thoughts on “Buddy’s Lake Adventures”
WOOHOO Buddy! You get the gold medal in my book, nice schwimming action dude. Can’t wait to see more.
WOOHOO Buddy! You get the gold medal in my book, nice schwimming action dude. Can’t wait to see more.
thanks Jerry. When I’m away at work I can look at the videos of
Buddy and it makes me happy!