Cooling Down

I started to take Jigs to the creek when Todd and the girls were away. He needed the exercise and we both needed to cool down at the end of the day. I had to teach him how to swim. Boxers are known to not be good swimmers and that was the case with Jigs at first. He stood up on his back legs when he first got into the water. He walked around like a person. It was very amusing. He finally got the idea to use his paws to propel himself. He is now using his back legs as well. By the time the girls got back from their trip, he was getting really good.

We set up a lemonade stand for the girls last Sunday. It was really hot and we thought it would be a good way to teach the girls about money. They sold lemonade and cookies. Our street gets a fair amount of traffic and they ended up making $24.00 dollars at 50 cents a glass and 25 cents a cookie. The money lesson didn't go as planned because so many people said keep the change. The entrepreneur

Monday, we went to White Rock to try out the beach. We went to the dog beach so that Jigs could come. He had an absolute blast and got the dirtiest ever. He rolled in all kinds of things. The girls had a lot of fun collecting sand dollars and snail shells. Jigs liked all the interaction with other dogs. The little ones were the ones that really gave him a run for his money. Jigs learned the meaning of Ankle Biters!!!