Water Dog

After a few apprehensive outings to the Montrose Dog beach here in Chicago, we were able to finally test Maddie's swimming prowess over the 4th of July weekend.
Erin and I got Maddie down on the beach with a good bright floating water toy, and tossed it in to the (quite cold) Lake Michigan water.
For the first couple of throws, we kept it short, so she could see what the water was all about. Then I launched one about 20 yards out, and, Well, as the photos show, she went after every single one. We officially have a dog who loves to be in the water!


She liked to just plow into the waves...
And then a fun game of 'keep-away'....