Wesley and the creek

This morning I took Wesley for a walk through the trees along our creek. He hadn't been there before as my husband has just finished getting all of that trimmed down after all the rain we have had. I walked him to the creek's edge and a twig floated by. He launched himself into the water, grabbed the twig, and brought it right to me. He enjoyed that game and then he discovered the joy of splashing around in the water. He was just so cute.

One of my training goals was for him to experience at least 4 new surfaces a week but we are running out of ideas. He has been on grass, deep grass, muddy grass, dirt, mulch, stall mats, pine needles, sand, gravel, stone, patio stone, ceramic tile, vinyl tile, brick walkway, marble, asphalt, concrete, carpet, ring matting, hardwood, granite, orange snow fence laid on the ground, x-pen laid on the ground, a series of different kinds of tarps on the ground, baby dogwalk, tunnel, the barrel from the closed tunnel, and now a creek. Any other ideas? So far nothing has bothered him at all. He is gung ho to go anywhere and do anything.

Yesterday we did ping pong recalls through the barrel of the closed tunnel. I want him to understand he is to race through a tunnel not dawdle. He really liked the game and was running as fast as his very cute legs could carry him.