Point Pinole Regional Park

Levi and I are back up in Davis for a few days and today he got to see two of his brothers for the first time since leaving the litter.  I met Christine and Don (with puppies Thistle and Ronan) at Point Pinole Regional Park in Richmond, Ca.  We found a nice lawn to let them play together and then we did a little bit of retrieving there.  Levi isn't very good about retrieving on land but Thistle and Ronan did great.  Then we walked on one of the trails that led down to the beach.  The boys got to retrieve bumpers and a fake dummy bird from the water.  There were small waves which Levi was a little unsure of at first, but soon he jumped right in and was swimming and retrieving his bumper.  After they had retrieved for a while in the water we continued our walk along the trails until we got back to the parking lot.  It was really beautiful there and the weather was perfect, not hot but not too cold either.  Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera so I don't have any pictures. :(

Tomorrow Levi has a play date with Jamie (his other brother) who also lives in Davis, and then on Saturday we might head out to Lake Berryessa or to the American River for some more swimming.  We have to take advantage of all of the water up by Davis before we head back to Templeton.

Bob Jones Trail - Take 2

I took Levi out to the Bob Jones Trail again today in Avila Beach.  I can't believe how much he's grown since the first time I took him.  We made it almost the whole way to the beach, but the last part wasn't shaded and it was getting a little bit warm so I decided to turn back.  Levi hardly needed any rest breaks this time (which also meant less time for pictures).  He was very good, and people kept commenting on how well behaved he was.  I can't wait until he gets his final vaccine next week so that we can start venturing out to new places.

Kobe's Bed

I mentioned in a previous blog that mom had taken Kobe's bed home and was going to make it into a pillow for me. I realized that I forgot to post a picture of it when she was done.  So here's a before and after picture...


Thanks Mom!

Lake Nacimiento

I've been home from Honduras for a few days now and I can't believe how much Levi grew while I was gone.  He is now 16 3/4" tall and 27.8 lbs.  This is what he looks like now...

He's not a little puppy anymore. :-(

We've been going in the pool more, and he will now go onto the first step without any coaxing.  He has tried to go further but then he falls in because there is a pretty good drop to the next step, and that scares him.  Maybe by the end of the summer he will have mastered swimming in the pool.

One of his favorite things to do is to climb on the floaty rafts.  Unfortunately, I think this is going have to come to an end since he has now put holes in two of the rafts.

Today I took Levi out to Lake Nacimiento (about 40 minutes away) in hopes that he would learn to swim.  He was nervous at first and wanted to cling next to me.  I walked into the water a little bit deeper so that he would have to swim if he wanted to follow me.  It worked and he swam out following me.  After a couple times of that and realizing that he could then swim back to shore he got a lot more comfortable and would go in without me.  I tried to get him to fetch his bumper and he would swim after it but then he didn't know to grab it so he would just swim into it and then turn around.  Finally he got it and was retrieving his bumper like a pro.  I was so proud of him!

And here's a little video of him retrieving.