Our Vacation at Home

Levi and I have been home at my parents' house for a week and a half now and have been enjoying the warm weather with plenty of pool time.  Levi's been swimming in the pool almost every day and has really gained a lot more confidence in the pool.  He's even been learning to jump in from the edge.  I tried to get him to go off the edge last summer but he was just too young and scared.  I think he went off once or twice last summer but it was more of just falling in rather than jumping.  He's starting to do a lot better so hopefully when we visit again in August he will improve even more.

One of his first awkward plunges

Getting the hang of it better

Unfortunately, with all of the running around on the concrete by the pool Levi wore down a couple of his hind toenails to the quick and left a trail of little blood spots all over the carpet in the house.  They quickly stopped bleeding but any running around (even inside) would cause them to start bleeding again.  He didn't really enjoy the bandages I made to protect him (and the carpet) and he tore them off in about a half-hour. After that I started making him little band-aids for the toenails that were bleeding to protect them when we went outside.  That helped quite a bit.  His toenails are all healed up and back to normal now.

Levi's protective toe bandages

I've been really proud of Levi because every evening he has been really good at settling down (something he hasn't done very well in the past).  I've been doing some clicker training for settle so it's nice to see that he's learning. 

Tomorrow is our last day here and then we make the drive back up to Davis. It will be nice to get back to our favorite walking paths but we sure will miss the pool.  We'll just have to head to the river in Sac as much as possible to cool down from the Davis heat.