A New Watering Hole

After a suggestion from my wife's hairdresser, we decided to take the Homer and Cosmo to a sand quarry relatively close to home (less than a 5 minute drive).  The quarry is filled with clean, aqua-coloured, spring-fed water.  As you can see the boys think it is just awesome.  I even took a dip last weekend.

Here is a link to a video as well.

Homer has a much easier time swimming from shore than off the boat.  Climbing the doggie ladder on the boat is kinda tough when you're 12.  He is also calmer when swimming from shore...when jumping off the boat he becomes hyper-excited with a 'high-on-crack' look in his eyes.

A Better Day Boating

We had a better day boating yesterday.  The wind was no where near as strong which made for a smoother ride.  We went swimming at Constance Bay.  This video http://youtu.be/Su9bhrKjiMk shows the boys in the boat.  Homer (in front) and Cosmo sitting back.  Although the water did get a little rough, it was far better than last Sunday with 3 ft swells.  The boys are a bit scruffy looking because we were swimming about 1/2 hour earlier.  We didn't get shots of them diving off the boat this time but will try next time..

Boating for the First Time (this season)

I've been kinda busy lately and haven't made the the time to post as frequently as I was.  Since it was a beautiful day this past Sunday, we decided to take the boys boating and swimming.  Besides, dogs need weekends too.

Although it was a nice day, it was terribly windy which made for a very uncomfortable and unpleasant ride.  Although I jumped in the water for a few minutes it was just too rough for the dogs.  Some of the swells were as much as 3 ft high and some even swamped the boat.  It was so windy that a catamaran overturned and the owner had a hell of a time righting it.  This was the day that a bi-plane overturned at the Rockcliffe airport.

As you can see from the photos below, the dogs really get into their boating (when it is relatively calm).  Next time we'll go swimming and I'll take some photos or even a video to show off their doggie ladder climbing skills.