A dream come true

It has been very hot here lately and we have been walking the dogs along the Rhine a lot. Both Wesha and Ghandi like getting their paws wet, but neither of them really swims. This morning, we decided to have a look what would happen if I would go for a swim in the Rhine. Would Wesha come along and swim with me? Reto would walk alongside the Rhine, probably with Ghandi, as we didn't expect him to swim. He doesn't enjoy water that much.

We got into the water where it is shallow for a while, Wesha was walking along with me, whereas Ghandi had already returned because the water was getting too deep for him. Wesha jumped back onto land a couple of times too. But as soon as the water got deep and I started swimming, she came back into the water and swam right back to me! She deed seem a bit scared (I was prepared for that and I was wearing a t-shirt) in the beginning and she tried to climb on my back a couple of times. After a few minutes, she climbed back on land. But after a few meters of walking, she JUMPED back in and swam over to me. It was an amazing sight to see her jump like that, she had never done that before! If only I could have a camera with me while swimming... the photo would have been spectacular!!

So we repeated this for a while (Wesha swimming for a while, then going back onto land and then soon jumping in again), until I thought it was enough for her. I asked Reto to take her on the leash, as I wanted to swim a bit more. The water temperature was just perfect and I loved it in the water! Once Wesha was on the leash, we got a concert of Toller Screams! LOL! She was really loud about it too! So after a bit of walking, Reto let her go into the water one more time. And even Ghandi came into the Rhine with her this time. I was very surprised (and a bit worried, because he has got long nails...). Ghandi swam only about 2 metres and then he quickly climbed on land again. I swam a last bit with Wesha and then we both got out of the water.

It was fantastic! I loved it! And Wesha too, although she was almost too excited afterwards. She was really hyper, so we let her do some "nose work" (sniffing for the tiny rewards that we had thrown on the ground) to calm down a bit.

It was a dream come true for me this morning and we will repeat it many times this summer. I hope that we will be able to take some pics next time.