Murphy update.
He's growing like crazy. Its been a couple weeks since his last vet visit but he was 66lb then. He is exactly 8 mos old today.
So far hes a really good pup but still has puppy brain sometimes of course.
We put him in a "Puppy School" back in May more for socialization than anything since he was already well beyond most of the super simple stuff they do at one of these intro puppy courses.
He went on his first "camping" trip (we glamp) and did really well.
At this point we hadn't been able to coax him into the pool but at the lake he was swimming around like it was his job.
We hoped that would make him more ready for the pool but nope. I think the stairs were what was scaring him. We were patient and just let him hang out (and eat the wifes plants) while we swam.
Finally when he was acting like he really wanted in I carried him down and sat on the steps with him for a bit.
He got comfortable with that and coming down on the steps on his own.
Then he started reaching out a paw. I would take that one then he'd give me the other one and let me slowly pull him off the step. It was comical but also a cool display of trust on his part.
He started swimming around more and more. Let me say he is the worst dog swimmer I've ever seen but he was in there having fun.
Then we had this idea. Didn't think he would stay on but he proved me wrong. He seemed to love to floating around on this thing.
My wife decided he needed his own rig. I didn't even know they had such a thing but she picked this up and Petsmart. Not sure if this makes him a Captain.
He likes it. He went from not wanting to get in the pool to swimming around like Jacques Fucking Cousteau. When he gets tired he heads to the stairs or swims over to get loaded into his boat.
We are picking up his new baby sister (also a GS) in a couple weeks. She needs to grow fast so he will have someone to wear him out. Our old Mastador just doesnt have the gas to play anymore.