After our Easter activities today, I did a few things with Remi in the yard then we took a walk out to the ponds for a little deep water swimming practice. The first time we were there she just ran around in the shallows. Today she launched like a rocket pretty far into the pond. I was a bit concerned at first when I saw her flailing and doing circles sometimes flipping over backwards snapping at the water she was splashing into the air. She eventually leveled off and made it back to me. After multiple launches, she began to understand how to dog paddle. After that first launch, I came very close to jumping in to help her out. She looked so damn clumsy.
I'm trying to remain patient, and I feel I'm working at her mental pace, but I may need to get a bit firmer with her in the next few weeks. I feel I'm way behind with training, but then again, I may be rushing things. She is wound tight and I'm hoping to see a little maturity start to show itself. I don't want to break her spirit. I see so many dogs that act like robots and look unhappy, and that's not what I want.
Remi and I jumped a couple of Black belly whistling ducks from the bank of one pond and they stayed and fed while we continued our activities. They may have eggs in one of my boxes.