Super Cooper! - BELLY FLOP

I must apologize, I have been grossly negligent in updating Cooper's blog, and it has not been for lack of material, it has been quite an adventure these past 4 months. Cooper is really a big baby who just has no clue how big he is, and he is definitely in those teenage trouble years.

He has found his way under the fence several times into the yard next door, fortunately he is not a runner and comes immediately when called. More landscaping ties will be going in soon!!! My only concern is doing just that side of the yard and will he then move his escapes to the back fence which leads to the pond..yuck....so we will do it all at once. He is very attached to our Daughter Molly and her best friend Kersten, must be wherever they are whenever possible.

As you can see from the picture above Cooper is enjoying the pool. He is doing great, he clearly had never swam before, he fell in the first time we went to swim before I could lead him in and I watched him sink to the bottom, for a moment I thought I would have to rescue me a Chessie, but he suddenly popped to the surface and started dog paddling..it was a pretty ugly stroke. He made his way to me at the stairs, 5 minutes of sweet talking him, he final let me lead him into the pool and he was off. He swam so much the first two days he sprained his tail, we learned it has a number of names, dead tail, cold-water tail, limber tail etc....good news, he was fine in a couple days and now is in puppy ecstasy when swimming and belly flopping and the stroke has definitely improved.

Cooper's other favorite past time is playing fetch, he loves to chase those tennis balls!!

Only in Texas

Having lived in Texas for about 15 years, nothing surprises me anymore