Blue Mountain Lake...Quail Goes Swimming!

It was a beautiful weekend so we decided to go to Blue Mountain Lake. It was very quiet up there and we only saw a few people. We had been there once before with Anita and she loved it. She really was a water dog and she just loved to swim.

Harley loves to swim too. Quail on the other hand, has never been in...until now.

Ed tossed the water toy into the lake and Harley dove right in. Quail jumped right in after him, surprising both us and herself in the process. I don't think she knew what she was doing. She went under and then popped right up.

It's a good thing swimming is instinctual in dogs because Quail just doggy-paddled her way back to shore -- look at how much splash she has compared to Harley -- she definitely startled herself when she jumped in. We tried to get her back in by tossing the water toy and sticks in -- she would run up to the edge but that was about it. Later on in our walk along the lake, she did go in to about half-way up her legs but that was it.

The great thing about walks and hikes is that you end up with two very tired dogs. At least they dried off by the time we got home.