Higgins has a whole new world! He learned to SWIM today! I was sitting down on our dock (we live on a lovely small lake in Maine) about an hour ago and threw a twig in the water, fairly close to shore. Higgins went right in to fetch it. It wasn't out over his head. He brought me the twig and I threw it just a little further out in the water and he went right in after it. This time he lost his footing when he started to float and came right out. BUT he turned around and saw that stick floating out there just beyond his reach and couldn't stand it. So back in he went and SWAM out, grabbed it and brought it back! That did it! I have never seen him SO EXCITED! WOW! He would look at me and race out to the end of the dock and stare out at the lake as if to say "Look at this great big bathtub and it's ALL MINE! He was VERY proud of his new skills when Don came down to see him swim. And he thoroughly enjoyed lording it over Pogo, who HATES to swim. When we all came up to the house, he spent 15 minutes racing around drying himself off on the carpet and the slipcovers.......sigh.......
Ayuh. He's all boy, our Higgins!