August 26, 2012

Saigon Sundays: Lil' Swimmer

Of all the things I miss about living in BC, I miss Cultus Lake the most. On a hot summer day, we could jump in our car and be at the lake in under 20 minutes. But what we loved most about the lake was the dog beach area. Saigon, I swear, is part fish. He loves to swim, and I mean LOVE. Other dog owners at the beach were always quite surprised at his love for the water and he put most other water-loving breeds to shame. When Saigon would realize that we were on the way to the lake (which didn't take long - I swear they have a sixth sense for these things!), he would cry in the back seat until we got there. Once there, he would make a bee-line for the water, one time even running straight off the dock!



Saigon would swim all afternoon if you let him. Sometimes getting him out of the water was like trying to get a small child out of the pool - he did NOT want to leave. He was pretty much oblivious to his surroundings, he could care less about the other dogs and people on the beach; he just wanted to swim. And swim he did! Some days he would want us to throw sticks out in the water - which he would never bring back, but then most times, he would just head on out and swim "laps" back and forth.


Saigon makes a swimming buddy: "Bully"...get it? Cause they're of the bully breed ;p


Swimming with one of his favourite humans, my sister Vanessa.

I was looking through old photos and videos on the computer today when I came across the ones of Saigon at the lake. It definitely made me a little sad for the days of summer past. The joy Saigon got out of swimming was priceless. I wish there was somewhere safe and close-by that we could take him out here, but I've yet to find such a place. For now, I'll have to settle for a trip down memory lane.

And just to get an idea of how much Saigon likes to actually swim (and not just run in and out of the water - although he does that too!), here's a little video of him swimming in Cultus Lake.


5 comments:

  1. Oh my god!! He is so cute, I loved how you tol him to come back and he just ran right back into the water. LOL

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    1. Haha, he's quite the character, that's for sure :)

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  2. LOVE IT! My two Springers are swimmers. My parents live on a lake, so when it's nice out we'll take them down to fetch in the water. Of course, the Bernese Mountain Dog ALWAYS wants to get in on it, but she can't swim AND she doesn't listen, so we have to take her away for her own little walk. The Springers have TONS of fun! Our littlest one can swim, but she's so splashy about it -- it's hilarious. They will fetch ALL day if we let them. :)

    Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Awww, I'm jealous your parents live on a lake! ;) That must be so nice. It's so entertaining watching dogs swim. I've since been told there is an area on the N. Sask river that's a dog beach, but Saigon hasn't been swimming on his own since his stroke so we're worried he might not be as good at it anymore and I would like it to be a body of water that I could go in after him if need be (N. Sask river = yuck).

      What happens if your Bernese goes in the water? She can't keep afloat?

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  3. Awwww he really did love it so much! The video had me laughing pretty hard, you can see his lil white paws just swimming so fast! He would swim forever that one! Never seen a dog love it soo much.

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