My mom borrowed my good camera for a trip, so I've been working with my "old" (three years) point-and-shoot for the last few weeks. I haven't been all that happy with the pictures recently, but I was so terribly proud of this one I got of Jax today that I just had to post it. It's my new...

This weekend in CT was more than warm enough for the dogs to throw themselves wholeheartedly into every body of water we came across. Ajax now heads into deeper water confidently, and both he and Comet get wonderfully muddy pretty much all the time. As always, there's more a tippykayak.com...

I've been a bit picture crazy with the new puppy, and even though I posted yesterday about Ajax's first swim, I thought I'd share a little video I made from photos of Ajax's second attempt at swimming. My favorite moment is when he realizes he's too deep, backs up a little, and looks over at me...

It's been a few weeks of firsts over here with Ajax, and swimming is no exception now that April has brought some cool but not freezing weather. As always, there's more pictures and story at tippykayak.com. He followed Comet in at the lake and then was a little surprised when he couldn't touch...

For those of you who have been following the pictures of stories of Ajax since last week or even the beginning, I think I mentioned that when I got Ajax, my sister also came up to the breeder and picked out the mellowest people-pleaser of the litter to bring home to her family. She has young...

We took Ajax for his first walk in the woods yesterday, and boy did he have the time of his life running around and chasing Comet. When he wasn't chasing, he was sniffing, as a nosey Golden will often do in a nice smelly place. I always wonder what they learn when they smell with those...