It all started with a tennis ball.  We were at the beach, nothing new.  Then dad takes my ball and throws it so far away.  I was like Daaaaaad, why did you do that?!  Mom hasn’t even taken off my leash!  So mom unhooks me hurriedly and off I go.  Dad is running with me too.  First I am in the sand, hot hot hot sand, then I am in shallow water, and then next thing I know- I AM SWIMMING. WHAT?  Yes that’s right, apparently I can swim in deep water too!  I haven’t done it before but for the sake of the tennis ball I guess my natural instincts just kicked in!  Mom described it later as this, ” First you were jumping and jumping till you couldn’t jump, so then you started doggy paddling to keep half your body out of water to see the tennis ball.  Then you got to the tennis ball and it looked like you were bobbing for apples! HA! But then you got the tennis ball, albeit a lot of salt water, and then you did something incredible.  You let yourself stay completely underwater other than your head and your feet and arms were swimming you back to shore.  No splashes just a smooth glide like swimming style.”

I like to call that lil trick, the Doggie Butterfly Style.  Here are some pictures and video of my fun!!

Dexter Swims! from Dexter Price on Vimeo.

P.S. I learned as fun as it is to drink salt water now, my stomach did not make it fun later.  I will stick to the water mom gives me next time.