Maddy: In the Swim

In June Maddy and I traveled to Prescott Valley in northern Arizona. What beautiful country! Our host, Susan, and her Siberian Husky Gracie, took us to a lovely lake for a late-afternoon hike. Maddy decided to jump into the water. She was clearly delighted by this new sensation. I tossed a stick and she was soon swimming out, fetching the stick, and swimming back to deliver it. What was cool was that she watched and waited to see where the stick would surface before swimming out to get it. If she couldn't find the stick, she grabbed the leash in her mouth so she would have something to show for her efforts.