Sep 05, 2011: Water!

Since today is a holiday there was time for an extra long walk for Thurmon. First we crossed St. Clair Ave. (his busiest traffic crossing yet) to visit the ravine park backing onto houses, which gave Thurmon a nice, long grassy hill for running at top speed. Then we crossed over to the Warden Woods ravine park, where recent landscaping to naturalize the creek has created a nice shallow rock-bottomed waterway, Thurmon's first chance to run about getting wet. He loved it, running about madly. He didn't cross the waterway until Mark did so first, and then he tackled it. After that he loved the water, eventually splashing in (probably a result of clumsiness) and just about managing to swim in the pool near the shallows.

One of the best things about taking Thurmon in the water? No doggie odour. That's right - Thurmon smells as clean after as he did before - buhunds are known for having naturally clean coats. What a bonus!