Leading A Dog To Water

Being an incredibly hot day at the arboretum, we did not need to convince Stirling that cooling down in the lake was a good idea. She basically ran down the banks practically jumping into the lake, not caring that there was a small child feeding the fishes with Saltines. She, in fact, tried to also eat the Saltines. Or, at least, I hope she was after the cracker and not the fish....



With all that black fur, you could see steam rising off her as she got in and out of the water.

And who needs a towel when you have unmowed grass?


We drove home with wet dog. Stinky wet dog, to be exact, since that water was not exactly fresh. We had to dip into our baby pool when she got home to get rid of the lake smell. Um, lake smell. Delicious.