I'd love to call it a swim, but it wasn't quite one of those. I have seen videos of Tibbies who seem to love water and go swimming, maybe Finlay will become one of those. Our previous two Tibbies were never that keen on the water. Louie would paddle at best and Nemo wasn't much different. Nemo used to go to hydrotherapy and would swim but it was never his ideal day out, he never jumped into the water of his own accord.
We will have to wait and see if Finlay becomes a swimmer, but he was brave enough to go in at least. If you are ever in the area I thoroughly recommend a walk along the Titchfield Canal which if you didn't know any better looks like a stream. It runs from Titchfield village out to Titchfield Haven nature reserve. Finlay is too young to do the whole walk, but we wanted to take him to where he could experience a splash around in the water, where it is easy to get in.
Initially he wasn't keen, but along came a spaniel who jumped right in, so Finlay followed. It went up to his chest, and he kind of froze there for a while, not really sure of what he had just done. But as he stood there, he saw lots of leaves floating by and if there is one thing Finlay loves doing, it is chasing leaves. So with trepidation off he went, and seemed to get some confidence as he went. Once he had got out, he shook himself off and pretty much ran all the way back to the car. He did seem to enjoy being towelled off at the end. So that is another experience ticked off. He also met LOADS of dogs today, including a Bernese (who was a bit scared of Fin) a Great Dane and something that resembled a Husky x GSD. He loved them all and the owners were most surprised such a small dog was so keen to say hello to the giants.
This is Finlays first paddle....
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