He's a very satisfactory dog ( except when he goes "cracker dog," and runs amok-- at one year old, he's still mostly puppy )-- neither one of us have ever had a Golden Retriever before, and it's a revelation.
The last two dogs Miss Emily and I had absolutely hated the water, and getting wet- Cole loves water.
Sinks down to his eyeballs in it, dances in it, rolls in it.
Amazingly, when he rolls in mud, it falls right off- he's self-cleaning.
11 posted on 10/27/2007 4:25:08 AM PDT by backhoe
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