Hike by the river

The weather is finally cooling off so it is time once again for our weekend hikes!!  Daiquiri thoroughly enjoys the hikes (thanks breeder Mom!!).  No terrain phases her.  She likes to lead the way but makes frequent stops to make sure the family is all together.  This was the first time we had taken Daiquiri down to the river.  She had an absolute blast!!  She could not stay out of the water for more than a couple minutes!!  The down side was that I am not used to having a dog that likes water so we failed to bring a long line to give her more room the get out into the water (I am sure eventually we will not need a line at all).  She was able to actually swim in one small area close shore.  My husband's take on our family hike..."Finally we have a dog that enjoys things we do!".   Here are a few pictures at one of our stops....

Stepping in because she just could not stay out!

 
Just to the right of this is where she could actually get out far enough to swim for a bit.

"Are you taking pictures of me?"

We were just enjoying the view.  And of coarse she had to stand in the river :-)

 "The killer shake"


After the hike we took the kids to the nearby playground.  Daiquiri and I sat on the bench on the edge of the playground to watch.  She was such a good girl sitting there taking it all in.  She really enjoyed watching all the kids run around.  We were even talking to a lady that was there with her kids.  The only thing Daiquiri did not like was when the woman decided to face us direct on and take a couple steps toward us.  I immediately pulled her off the bench to put her in a sit stay a couple feet back.  SCORE!!!  She sat there nicely while we finished our conversation!!  All this with no gentle leader!!  Daiquiri gets things so easily!!

On another note.  I am really happy to report that Daiquiri has earned the rights to be with Ariel on a constant basis.  We have slowly worked up to this, adding more time each day/week as part of our training.  Daiquiri will have been here for 6 weeks on Tuesday and so far no fights!!  We had an "almost" fight but I was able to quickly dissolve it before it started.  I am very fortunate that Daiquiri and Ariel actually compliment each other.  They are very respectful to one another and seem to be a perfect match in every way.  It helps that they listen too!