Time to cool off!

I am still posting photos of Darcy when he was a puppy... we don't have as many photos these days, until I buy a new camera that is. I guess puppies are like babies, you snap many more pictures of them then, as they grow so much so very quickly. Too quickly, actually!

We bought Darcy this pool whilst we were still living in Brisbane. On very hot days he would just sit in the pool, until he cooled off. He loved it! Somehow I don't think he would fit in one of these pools today ~ at least comfortably. Now, he loves to jump into rivers or waves when we take him for walks... he is, afterall, a water dog (or should I say baby!)

Darcy ~ King of the Kong!

When Darcy was a young whipper-snapper, he loved nothing more than to play with his Kong toy. We started off with the small one, then as he got a little bigger we bought him larger ones.

As anyone who has owned a lab knows, they get very bored, very quickly. And, as they teethe, they chew everything in sight! So, the kong was a welcome diversion... for 10 minutes at least.

As a treat, I would fill the kong with some beef mince. And Darcy loved it! He would keep at it, until he had devoured every last morsel of mince from the deep bowels of the kong. I am sure he wore himself out!! But, he loved, (and still loves, loves, loves) mince, so he never gave up, until he the kong was as clean as new...

As the photos show, you can see he was very sick at this time with the puppy strangles I mentioned in my last post. He was in fact, at his worst stage of it. Thankfully, that was many whiskers ago...