Doggy Chronicles: Water Dog

george rogers park
Yesterday Mississippi experienced a large body of water for probably the first time in her life. We went to George Rogers Park in Lake Oswego where dogs are welcome to swim and play in the water. This park totally rocks! There is a cute beach and lots of sandy areas to hang out on. There are even a few shady spots under trees. The river is absolutely gorgeous and the water feels so great. Not too cold but still very refreshing. Mississippi was afraid at first but was very soon splashing around like a pro. She’s not a very good swimmer and she spent most her time trying to leap through the water. If I threw her stick out too far, she’d panic a little by the deep water and come back to shore. But she was picking up on the swimming concept pretty fast. She loved it. She went nuts in the water.

We had her on a long retractable leash. It went pretty well except for when she tried to take off after a dog. Tom and I got a little rope burned and I discovered you really have to watch where you are in relation to her and the leash because you never really know what she could do next. Tom had a scary near miss. Still it was so great to let her swim out in the river. We’ll definitely be going back there often. Even if the water damages the retractable leash, it’s worth it to see her have such a great time. She whined the whole way home and wanted to keep playing.

I tried to take a video but things were a little hectic and exciting for me to focus on anything other than her. Hopefully next weekend we can get some footage of her.


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