Swimming with Tally

Swimming strength and conditioning day one for Tally. Unlike Leza, Tally was not a natural swimmer.  She pretty much mirrored Inas's swimming style, front feet reaching for the sky, splashing the water, sinking more with each splash.  After many trips to the river, and many attempts at helping Tally swim correctly, one day she just "got it."  You could literally see the light bulb go off in her head.  We were in a different section of the river, a place where the water very gradually got deeper.  She was fetching the bumper, and each time she got in a little deeper.  She went from running on the bottom, to actually swimming.  That day was a few years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Tally loves chasing the Canadian geese that are often in the water, but could never go in after them, as she just could not swim in the deeper water well enough.  That day when the "light bulb" went off, there were several geese in the river, much further out in the water.  When Tally started to actually swim, I was elated and shouted out that she was swimming!!! Yay!! Within seconds Tally realized it too, and with that, she did a sharp right turn in the water (forget that bumper!!) and headed out as fast as her little legs could swim to get those geese!!!! LOL!!  After I realized what she was doing, I was in hysterics.  Of course I had to call her back, as the geese were way too far out in the river for a dog that just found out she could swim!!!  From that moment on Tally never looked back, and swims with gusto.

Tally Swimming Session #1

Ready, Ready, Ready!