Today was a big, big day for Hilde. This morning we went to the beach to see what she would think of that. The first sniff out of the car appeared to be doggy heaven. There was so much to do and see we had a hard time getting her to the sand and water. Once we got her to the sand she was transfixed! When she stepped the sand would move and make her nuts. Then she would dig at that sand, which started the whole process over, but then she would get even crazier! It took her a good fifteen minutes to figure out beyond the sand was water. I got in the water first and convinced her to follow me in. She thought it was ok, but not great. She wasn't scared at all. She was much more interested in the sand. Eventually a buoy marking off the swimming area caught her interest and she then waded in and stayed for a few minutes. She never swam though. As she was running back to the beach she did a face plant into the water. It didn't faze her at all. Then she played in the sand some more and rolled and rolled in it. We quickly learned that her thick coat holds a LOT of dirt and sand. She even had sand up her nose. We put her in the car and she promptly passed out and slept for a good 2 plus hours.
In other "big steps" (ha!) Hilde learned to climb the stairs at home today. I am not sure if that is good or not...
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