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Pool today


“This would make a cute picture, right? Smile, Payton!”


He was giving me kisses before but once the camera came out he stopped, haha. I’m trying to get him to kiss me.


Now let’s get Auggie in the picture!!


Payton was licking my hand LOL. Apparently kissing my face is a no-no but kissing my hand is okay.


I’m not sure what the heck is going on here. I’m giving swim lessons??


I think I need to ‘shop Auggie out for one of him from the first two. =P


“Are you sad Auggie?”


“Everybody look at the ground.”


Poor Auggie LOLOLOL.


They both look so sad here hahahahaha! Payton had an eye goober I had to get. =P


See, they’re NOT miserable, I swear!


Repositioned Auggie so his paws were up on the side, and he starts looking at the ground again trying to decide if he wants to jump out or not.


LOL I’m not sure what’s up with Payton’s face here. “This is my look of disdain.”


We decided to try and get Georgie in the picture…


Earlier we had her and Payton in the pool together to see if they would play, but Georgie just discovered she can climb UP on Payton. Soooo that’s what she did.


And then…


…she tried to kill Payton.
Seriously, I can’t believe we got this photo. She decided to jump out using HIS HEAD as a springboard and his head went underwater. Poor guy!!


I promise to never let Georgie in the pool with you again Payton.


Swimming Shelties

I have now become obsessed with the idea of having these three be a Dock Dogs team. Wouldn’t that be fabulous?? I wonder if Miss Pepper would like to swim too…

Apologies for my pasty legs, melanoma runs in the family so I don’t tan, deal with it =P


Auggie went first. I tried the life jacket on him but really, he didn’t need it. So I just swam him without the life jacket on.


There’s a lot of flailing rather than smooth paddling… I think it’s because they can almost touch the bottom of the pool so they are trying to kick off the bottom rather than just swim.


Swim swim swim swim!


Payton was running around the pool the whole time barking THAT’S MY POOL GET OUT OF THE POOL HE’S IN MY POOL GET OUT OF THE POOL


Scrawny soaking pup!


Payton is still in his life jacket most of the time. I bought him a brand new Outward Hound life jacket that I think fits him better as opposed to the Premier Fido Float we used at the lake, and I think it definitely works better. However, Payton can definitely touch the bottom of the pool, so is kicking off the bottom. It’s not all the way full so this next weekend I will top it off and see if that makes a difference.


He kinda likes it though I think.


Holding him to try and get him to use his back legs more…


Paddle paddle paddle paddle paddle paddle go go go go


Seriously, I do think he likes it. I’d let him out and he’d run off to go shake, but every time I called him he came running back even though he KNEW I was going to put him back in the pool. Either he likes it or he’s really dumb LOL.


I like pool. maybe.


My cute puppy <3
MISS GEORGIE


Georgie is the smart one of the bunch… the boys will swim to the edge of the pool. She doesn’t bother, she just turns around and swims to me like “okay now pick me up.”


She is so cute I almost can’t stand it… seriously. In her little life jacket. Also an Outward Hound model. OMG.


Go! Swim to your mama!


But I’m getting water up my nose!


Little princess paws…


PICK ME UP


No life jacket! Go rock star princess, go!


She actually almost hopped out of the pool here hahaha.


One more time! Go little girlie!


SPLOOSH


Her ears are hysterical here.


Why? Why you do this to me??


THE END.


Pool time

First, a handful of pictures from yesterday…


Auggie still takes better posed shots than Payton LOL. He’s such a supermodel.


A dur durr?

Then we got out the pool. I bought these at Target last week… pool Weebles. They wobble but they won’t sink. I thought they would be fun.

Payton says OMG THEY ARE WOBBLING


Georgie isn’t sure what to think…


Payton says “I bite?”


Every time he would go to grab one it would bob into the water. He had no idea how to deal with this hahaha.


Why does it keep running away??


I’ll just hop into the pool…


Payton is my pool puppy. He likes it. He’ll go run laps and then hop in the pool, go run laps, hop in the pool. No big deal.


Dribbles. Nice.


What? Who’s being gross?


I want to get this ducky.


Look who else is in the pool!!


Auggie hates the pool but yesterday I grabbed some treats and a clicker and taught him “get in the pool.” He did this on his own today… he walked up and kept looking in the pool and thinking about it, and finally, he climbed in. It’s just so HOT.


Hmm, it’s much cooler in here.


And all I have to do is lean over and get a drinky.


I’m not really sure what the big deal is actually.


I quite like it actually now that I’m in here.


Aaaaaahhhhh Auggie <3 <3
Somehow Payton splashed around so much he got his eyebrow wet. But only ONE eyebrow. WTF Payton.


LMAO we were trying to clicker Georgie into the pool too. She wasn’t doing it for treats though, we finally had to get out frozen green beans. Auggie also loves frozen green beans. Trying to give the green bean JUST to Georgie was funny LOL. Her face, and Auggie’s, hahahahaha.


Auggie’s face again LOL. I love how Payton’s like “mine?”


Happy Auggie!!


Payton will even sit in the pool LOL. “The water is cold on mah balls. I likes it.” Weird dog.


My Auggie <3 I'm so proud of him for getting in the pool all on his own today. I think he's going to get in it a lot more this year, so hopefully he'll be able to keep cool!!