Love that wet-dog smell!

A few months ago, 

I saw the cutest picture of our friend Caitlin 

kayaking with her dog Roo. 

It made me wonder if our Rascal would like kayaking. 

We'd never really had him swimming before 

so we decided to give it a try and headed for the lake. 

Rascal was a little skittish 

(spell check tells me it's "skittish" not "skiddish" - who knew!) 

at first 

but in about 10 minutes 

he was hanging out on the front of the kayak

looking around and licking the lake.

He fell overboard 6 times that day.

Five of those times he climbed right back in 

but one time it took a few minutes and for just a split second

I thought I might need to go in after him!! 

It gave me flashbacks of an experience 18 years ago

right after this picture was taken.

Little Hunter (on the left)

stooped down and leaned over the boardwalk

stretching to touch the water below.

The Mr. was cautioning him to stay back and watch out. 

I remember my 8 months pregnant self saying 

I'd jump in after him if he fell in

so no worries. 

Yup, you guessed it. 

It wasn't 60 seconds later that

Hunter went head first into the water.

I jumped right in after him but the poor little guy had met 

an unseen rock with his forehead - ouch!!!

***

Fortunately, 

Rascal got a toe hold and climbed back on board. 

That night I had nightmares of Rascal drowning

so before we went kayaking again

we headed to the pet store for 

a dog PFD.

It works great!

We love that smiley dog!

Thanks for the fun idea, Caitlin!

=D