Exciting moments

We took the Labrador puppy down to the dam to teach her to swim. Everything was going swimmingly but she did not seem to be very confident at it. She can do it but she is not really a huge fan.

When she would go in to get a stick, she would wade in and when it got to nearly her chin she would do a funny little jump. This pushed the stick out of reach. She did this a couple of times until she got the stick. She had thus far only gotten the stick while standing, the effort of plunging valiantly made her sink under the water. We all went "oh look" the OH LOOK!!!", she came up just as I was going to grab her. This appeared to shake her confidence because she did not go out of her depth again.

When we had all gotten out to dry off and go home, one of the kids yelled "snake, JULIA, just behind you!!!!" I looked down in time to see a snake slide between my feet towards the water. We left after that and I considered that it is the kind of excitement we did not really need.