How FUN
! We usually fly up to MN w/ the boys each summer bc my inlaws also have a house on a lake - it's so fun. The boys love it. Wylie loves to fetch in the water and swim in the lake - he could do this *all* day long. He's part labrador retriever, I think. Marcel follows right in after Wylie (like Marcel does for everything)...but the lake wake sometimes is too big for Marcel - so I keep an eye on the wake. They do not wear life jackets for their swimming - they swim just great. If you think they want to fetch in the water - make sure you bring plastic/rubber toys that will float - so they can see where the toy is in the water.
At the lake, their fur can get kinda full of sand - so sometimes you need a lot of baths and conditioning rinses, fyi.
Out on the boat, we always bring towels or blankets in case the wind is bothering them and we hold them whenever we're moving faster than a trolling speed (or if they want to be held). They do just fine on the boat
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