[MarkFromSea]

Gucci seemed to improve quite a bit this last couple of weeks, not as much carrying, more and faster walking.... I actually had to jog to keep up with him a couple days ago, and, I'm pretty sure the walk was a full 3 miles.... not the jogging part.

I wrote this next part for a different thread but thought this would be a good place for it as well:
With this warmer weather it's been a routine of Gucci's to wander down to the pond during our now near daily walks. Today was no different. LOL He was muddy! Worse than the pictures below. Usually after his walks into the mud we find a place with much cleaner water to rinse him off.... today wasn't one of those days. So, once we returned home, both of us needed a shower. Him and I just jumped in and showered away. Him with his dog shampoo and me with the Irish Spring. After a vigorous toweling off he went racing into the living room with that little stub of a tail undulating. He bounced from leather couch to chairs rubbing his head and body on everything. Now, that stub was racing like I hadn't seen it before. And the rolling on the floor, looked like an epileptic fit with intermittent changes in locations around the room...always the stub in motion. I gotta be honest, he doesn't care so much for the shower but the towel and then the living room antics.... I think he truly loves. He's a very reserved, on guard watching dog almost always so this was unusual to see. My better half usually bathes him about every two weeks, that's not counting his recent swims in local creeks or Lake Washington.